Play Airlines has launched ticket sales for direct service between Iceland and Porto in Portugal, which will operate twice weekly from April 2023 through October 2023. Porto will become Play’s second destination in Portugal, complementing service to Lisbon.
On Thursday (October 6, 2022), Play Airlines announced the launch of ticket sales for direct service between Iceland and Porto in Portugal. The route will operate twice weekly from April 2023 through October 2023, complementing the carrier’s service to Lisbon, which operated twice weekly this year. This marks the first time scheduled direct flights between Iceland and Porto will be operated. Porto is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Europe, and has been selected as the ‘Best European Destination’ by the European Best Destination Agency twice, in 2014 and 2017.
In Thursday’s announcement, PLAY’s CEO, Birgir Jónsson, said,
“We want to be the leading airline between Iceland and the Iberian Peninsula, and are working toward that goal by adding Porto as a destination in 2023. We will continue our Lisbon services next year, Lisbon being one of PLAY´s most popular destinations in 2022. In addition to the two cities in Portugal, we will continue operating our seven destinations in Spain, four of which will be year-round destinations. With our services, Icelanders have more options to get to sunny Spain for less, and we feel the people of Spain really love Iceland, and have clearly grabbed the opportunity to fly direct to our beautiful country with PLAY.”
Founded in 2019 by Arnar Magnússon and launched in June 2021, PLAY is a new Iceland-based low-cost carrier (LCC) which operates flights between Iceland and Europe, as well as to North America. PLAY operates a fleet of six Airbus A320neo Family aircraft including two A320neos three A321neos and one A321neoLR. This winter, the carrier will receive four new aircraft which will join the fleet in 2023.
Source: PLAY Airlines