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| type = [[Public ownership|State owned]]
| type = [[Public ownership|State owned]]
| industry = {{Unbulleted list|[[Airport|Airport operator]]|[[Air traffic control]]|[[Duty-free shop|Duty-free retail]]}}
| industry = Airport authority
| area_served = [[Iceland]]
| area_served = [[Iceland]]
| key_people ={{Unbulleted list|Björn Óli Hauksson ([[Managing director]])}}
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| num_employees = 830 (including subsidiaries 1040)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.isavia.is/english/about-isavia/employees/ |title=Employees |author=Isavia |accessdate=30 June 2017}}</ref>
| num_employees = 830 (including subsidiaries 1040)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.isavia.is/english/about-isavia/employees/ |title=Employees |author=Isavia |accessdate=30 June 2017}}</ref>
| parent = [[Government of Iceland]]
| parent = [[Government of Iceland]]
| subsid ={{Unbulleted list|Tern Systems|Duty Free Store Ltd.}}
| subsid ={{Unbulleted list|Tern Systems|Isavia ANS|Duty Free Store Ltd.}}
| footnotes =
| footnotes =
| foundation = 2010
| foundation = 30 January 1945 (as Flugmálastjórn)<br />31 January 2010 (as Isavia)
| location = [[Reykjavík Airport]]<br>[[Reykjavík]], [[Iceland]]
| location = [[Reykjavík Airport]]<br>[[Reykjavík]], [[Iceland]]
| homepage = [http://www.isavia.is isavia.is]
| homepage = [http://www.isavia.is isavia.is]
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==History==
==History==
The enterprise was founded in 1945 as the '''Icelandic Civil Aviation Administration''' (Flugmálastjórn Íslands). With the creation of the government enterprise Flugstodir ltd. in 2006, the operational services were separated from the regulatory authority of the [[Icelandic Civil Aviation Administration]]. 31 January 2010 Flugstodir and Keflavik International Airport Ltd. were merged into a private limited company with 100 per cent state ownership, Isavia ltd.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.isavia.is/english/about-isavia/history-of-isavia/ |title=Isavia History |author=Isavia |accessdate=5 September 2012}}</ref>
The enterprise was founded in 1945 as the '''Icelandic Civil Aviation Administration''' (Flugmálastjórn Íslands).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Böðvarsson |first1=Sturla |title=Flugmálastjórn sextíu ára |url=https://www.stjornarradid.is/raduneyti/matvaelaraduneytid/fyrri-radherrar/stok-raeda-fyrrum-radherra/2005/03/15/Flugmalastjorn-sextiu-ara/ |publisher=Innviðaráðuneytið |access-date=16 September 2023 |language=Icelandic |date=15 March 2005}}</ref> With the creation of the government enterprise Flugstodir ltd. in 2006, the operational services were separated from the regulatory authority of the [[Icelandic Civil Aviation Administration]]. 31 January 2010 Flugstodir and Keflavik International Airport Ltd. were merged into a private limited company with 100 per cent state ownership, Isavia ltd.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.isavia.is/english/about-isavia/history-of-isavia/ |title=Isavia History |author=Isavia |accessdate=5 September 2012}}</ref>


==Airports==
==Airports==

Revision as of 17:39, 16 September 2023

Isavia ohf.
Company typeState owned
Industry
Founded30 January 1945 (as Flugmálastjórn)
31 January 2010 (as Isavia)
HeadquartersReykjavík Airport
Reykjavík, Iceland
Area served
Iceland
Key people
Number of employees
830 (including subsidiaries 1040)[1]
ParentGovernment of Iceland
Subsidiaries
  • Tern Systems
  • Isavia ANS
  • Duty Free Store Ltd.
Websiteisavia.is

Isavia ohf. is the national airport and air navigation service provider of Iceland. The company operates all public airports and air navigation services in a vast area in the north-eastern Atlantic. The company headquarters is at Reykjavík Airport in Reykjavík.[2]

History

The enterprise was founded in 1945 as the Icelandic Civil Aviation Administration (Flugmálastjórn Íslands).[3] With the creation of the government enterprise Flugstodir ltd. in 2006, the operational services were separated from the regulatory authority of the Icelandic Civil Aviation Administration. 31 January 2010 Flugstodir and Keflavik International Airport Ltd. were merged into a private limited company with 100 per cent state ownership, Isavia ltd.[4]

Airports

Isavia operates all public airports in Iceland. A total of 2,165,423 international passengers and 781,357 domestic passengers passed through these airports in 2011.[5]

References

  1. ^ Isavia. "Employees". Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  2. ^ "[1] Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine." Isavia Annual Report. Retrieved on 5 September 2012.
  3. ^ Böðvarsson, Sturla (15 March 2005). "Flugmálastjórn sextíu ára" (in Icelandic). Innviðaráðuneytið. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  4. ^ Isavia. "Isavia History". Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  5. ^ Isavia. "Iceland 2011 Aviation Fact File" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  • (in Icelandic) Isavia, official web site
  • (in English) Isavia, official web site
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