Icelandair Cargo is the leading company in Air cargo transport in Iceland. Each day merchandise circulates to, from and via Iceland by air from one of Icelandair Cargo's 29 destinations. ACMI Aircraft rental is also a big part of our operation.
Since overseas flights from Iceland began, air cargo has played a vital role in the Icelandic aviation industry. Both Lofleiðir and Flugfélag Íslands carried cargo on their commercial flights and with the founding of Icelandair in 1973, a Cargo Department was established. Cargo transportation became an important part of the operation and in addition to offering belly space on Icelandair's passenger flights, a freighter flew weekly to Ostende, Belgium. In 1997 the company started Boeing 737 freighter flights to Cologne in Germany, 6 days a week. Demand soon exceeded supply and in September 1999 Boeing 757 freighter flights to Liege in Belgium and to New York commenced.
More Boeing 757 freighters have been taken into service and currently 5 Boeing freighters are in service, both for Icelandair Cargo own network and on ACMI lease to TNT netwwork.