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Belfast City Airport has announced a brand new airline is to come on board offering direct flights to Reykjavik.

Icelandair has revealed Belfast as a new destination starting June 1, 2017.

There will be a full year-round service three times a week, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays operated by sister airline Air Iceland.

The flight from Belfast to Reykjavik will provide easy connections with Icelandair’s wide network of destinations in the US and Canada.

CEO of Icelandair, Birkir Holm Guðnason, said: “Belfast is a vibrant fast growing city with great business and leisure opportunities and we are happy to be able to offer our customers this exciting addition to our network."

Welcoming the launch of the new route, Katy Best, Commercial and Marketing Director at George Best Belfast City Airport, said: “ Belfast City Airport is delighted to announce our new three-times weekly flight to Reykjavik,which is a further extension of our growing European route network and a major boost to the Northern Ireland economy.

“Icelandair has a proven international pedigree and our partnership with the airline for this new service will be a hugely welcome addition to the local market for business and leisure passengers."

The Keflavik – Belfast route is operated by Air Iceland on its 72-seat Bombardier Q400 aircraft in code sharing partnership with Icelandair, offering great connections at Keflavik International Airport in Iceland to destinations in the US and Canada through Icelandair‘s network.

The flying time is 2:55 hours to and from George Best City Airport.