📋 Tender Overview
Since COVID-19 screening was first offered at Keflavk International Airport on 15 June as an alternative to quarantine seven airlines have begun flying to and from Iceland. Now there are flights to 21 destinations in 15 countries. Three more airlines with four more destinations will be added in July.News is coming in almost daily of various airlines plans to fly to Iceland. This is in line with expectations given Icelands attraction as a tourism destination and it is hoped that more and more airline news will arrive over the coming weeks and months as travel restrictions and barriers fall. We at Keflavik Airport welcome all our new passengers. If the Icelandic governments prevention strategy is successful and it becomes easier for people to travel to Iceland then hopefully even more life will return to Keflavk International Airport.We have set up an informational web page with information about the airlines flying to Keflavk International Airport and their destinationsThe southern terminal of Keflavk International Airport is now equipped with screening booths where staff from the Greater Reykjavik Health Centre and official partners take samples from arriving passengers. Passengers need to have previously filled in a registration form and have been encouraged to download the Icelandic Civil Protection tracing app.Isavia as operator of Keflavk International Airport was involved in setting up this project and has installed the facilities in accordance with the wishes of the Icelandic government who is responsible for the prevention strategy. Testing facilities are located ahead of border controls for entry into Iceland on the second floor of the southern terminal of Keflavk International Airport.Icelands prevention strategy consists in taking up to 2000 samples a day but this is just 4-5 of the airports capacity. In recent weeks Isavias Response Team has been working on adapting the space at Keflavk International Airport to the current situation. This has included various measures relating to facilities cleanliness and accessibility as well as providing information to airlines passengers and operators.
