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Keflavik International Airport (KEF)
Tel: 425 0600. Fax: 425 0610.
Website: www.keflavikairport.com

International flights depart from Keflavik International Airport, 40km (34 miles) from Reykjavik, on the Reykjanes Peninsula. Air Iceland (tel: 570 3030; fax: 570 3001; website: www.airiceland.is) operates domestic flights and flights to the Faroe Islands and Greenland, from the Reykjavik City Airport, which is connected to the city centre by bus 5.

Major airlines: Icelandair (tel: 505 0700; fax: 588 8820; website: www.icelandair.net) is the national carrier and the only provider of year-round scheduled flights from Iceland to the following cities: Amsterdam, Baltimore, Boston, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Glasgow, Halifax, Hamburg, Helsinki, London, Luxembourg, Minneapolis, New York, Orlando, Oslo, Paris and Stockholm. Summertime routes are available to Barcelona, Cologne, Milan and Zurich. The budget airline Go offers flights to Reykjavik from London Stansted between May and September.

Approximate flight times to Reykjavik: From London is 2 hours 45 minutes; from New York is 5 hours 30 minutes; from Los Angeles is 11 hours 30 minutes (via New York); from Toronto is 7 hours 30 minutes (via New York); and from Sydney is 32 hours (via Hong Kong and London).

Airport facilities: These include a 24-hour bureau de change, ATMs, travel agent, tourist information, duty-free and other shops, cafés, restaurants and bars, and car hire from Hertz, InterRent Europcar and RVS Avis.

Business facilities: The Saga Executive Lounge, operated by Icelandair, provides telephone, fax, e-mail and internet connections, as well as shower facilities.

Departure tax: On domestic flights and on flights to Greenland and the Faroe Islands, the airport tax currently amounts to IKr165. For all other destinations the international tax is IKr1250. However, the tax is usually already included in the cost of most flight tickets.

Transport to the city: From Keflavik International Airport to the city, a taxi costs about IKr5000. There is also a bus service, The Flybus (tel: 562 1001), which runs in connection with all incoming and outgoing flights and which takes about 45 minutes from Keflavik to the Hotel Loftleidir, in Reykjavik. The cost is IKr750.



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