Icelandair has launched a triangular service offering which aims to link Rejkjavik to both Glasgow and Manchester. The Glasgow route will be launched next month starting off with a twice-weekly service running on both Thursdays and Sundays. This will then increase to four times per week from 25th September 2009.

From 25th September 2009 there will be an increase in flights to Manchester and another two flights will be added to coincide with connecting flights to the airline’s North American destinations. These will include Halifax, Boston, New York JFK, Minneapolis, Toronto and Seattle.

Flights will run Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday departing from Reykjavik at 0800 and arriving at Manchester at 1135. The flight will then depart from Manchester at 1225 to arrive in Glasgow at 1330. The next flight from Glasgow will then be 1420 to arrive at Reykjavik at 1540.

Those travelling from Manchester to Reykjavik will have to travel via Glasgow but returning passengers can travel direct. The same applies to outbound business travel from Glasgow but the returning flight will be routed via Manchester.

There are also opportunities to connect to the US and Canadian destinations offered by Icelandair. These extra flight will be of great value to Manchester and Glasgow travelers although some may find the extra time on the triangular flight a drawback.

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