Icelandair: Connection time in Reykjavik, Iceland - Keflavik International

[hightownCO]

Just scoping out possible flights for TA beginning in London/Southhampton. Booking window won't open till end of the year. Need one way and considering Economy Comfort Class on Icelandair.

 

Checking their current schedule, connection time in Iceland seems to be about 1hr 20 minutes.

 

Can anyone say if that looks to be enough time to deplane and enter the Schengen zone and get to the connecting flight?

[cruising cockroach]

You're not supposed to enter Schengen at KEF (UK isn't in it) but KEF is unusual. I am sure FI will wait for connecting passengers.

[hightownCO]

You're not supposed to enter Schengen at KEF (UK isn't in it) but KEF is unusual. I am sure FI will wait for connecting passengers.

 

Forgot that the UK was not a Schengen country. So probably no worries. Thanks

[PennyAgain]

KEF is a well run airport, very well organized. The only delays are usually weather and that would affect all flights equally.

 

One thing to consider is what sort of deals Iceland Air has on cheap stay overs. You might not have another chance to get to Iceland.

[hubofhockey]

Just scoping out possible flights for TA beginning in London/Southhampton. Booking window won't open till end of the year. Need one way and considering Economy Comfort Class on Icelandair.

 

Checking their current schedule, connection time in Iceland seems to be about 1hr 20 minutes.

 

Can anyone say if that looks to be enough time to deplane and enter the Schengen zone and get to the connecting flight?

 

I have a 1 hr, 20 min connection in two weeks (boston to paris). We've connected there before without problems. Easy airport to navigate.

[cruising cockroach]

KEF is a well run airport, very well organized. The only delays are usually weather and that would affect all flights equally.

 

KEF is luck in that traffic is so light that ATC delays are non-existent. The airport was not well-run in the past: Passengers arriving from outside Schengen had to clear security before exiting landside! Very annoying as security is a big bottle neck there.

[bluesea777]

We have been thru KEF several times as transit - deplaning one and walking to board another - layovers are short but there is still time to duty-free shop!!

[bluesea777]

Just scoping out possible flights for TA beginning in London/Southhampton. Booking window won't open till end of the year. Need one way and considering Economy Comfort Class on Icelandair.

 

Checking their current schedule, connection time in Iceland seems to be about 1hr 20 minutes.

 

Can anyone say if that looks to be enough time to deplane and enter the Schengen zone and get to the connecting flight?

 

 

AMPLE time!

 

Icelandair is really smart airline - using energy efficient 757's (and comfy), and they schedule the incoming flights and outgoing flights twice daily so the pax have short layovers each time.

 

Example, overnight flights from North America arrive in KEF early morning 6-7 am, and the flights leave KEF to go to Europe at 7-8 am.

 

Then the return flights from Europe arrive in KEF 4-5 pm, and the flights to North America leave KEF at 6-7 pm.

 

You have wide choice of destinations at low prices.

 

And a bonus is they you can stop over to spend up to a week in Iceland at NO extra air fare.

[Zach1213]

AMPLE time!

 

Icelandair is really smart airline - using energy efficient 757's (and comfy), and they schedule the incoming flights and outgoing flights twice daily so the pax have short layovers each time.

 

Example, overnight flights from North America arrive in KEF early morning 6-7 am, and the flights leave KEF to go to Europe at 7-8 am.

 

Then the return flights from Europe arrive in KEF 4-5 pm, and the flights to North America leave KEF at 6-7 pm.

 

You have wide choice of destinations at low prices.

 

And a bonus is they you can stop over to spend up to a week in Iceland at NO extra air fare.

 

Yeah, Icelandair is really the only European airline I can think of that offers a true "bank" system - a bank/group of flights from North America connecting to a bank of flights to Europe, and vice versa. Middle Eastern airlines are great at that, but European airlines don't tend to do it very often. Icelandair does.

 

Of course, Iceland doesn't have the origin/destination traffic that, say, the UK/France/Germany/etc. do in Europe.

[cruising cockroach]

Yeah, Icelandair is really the only European airline I can think of that offers a true "bank" system - a bank/group of flights from North America connecting to a bank of flights to Europe, and vice versa. Middle Eastern airlines are great at that, but European airlines don't tend to do it very often. Icelandair does.

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It also has a tiny fleet of just 20 757s which it does use very efficiently. Who knows what FI will do in the future as there aren't any in-production a/c now or on the drawing board that will replicate the particular capacity-range combination that the 757.