About Us
Brief Introduction
Air Atlanta Icelandic is an Icelandic airline founded in 1986 by Captain Arngrimur Johannsson and his wife, Thora Gudmundsdottir.
From the beginning, the company has focused on providing ACMI (Wet Lease) and aircraft charter services to the passenger and cargo market worldwide.
Throughout the years, Air Atlanta Icelandic has established a large and diverse customer base of airlines, tour operators, charter brokers, governments and various non-profit organizations.
About Us
Brief Introduction
About Us
Air Atlanta Icelandic is an Icelandic airline founded in 1986 by Captain Arngrimur Johannsson and his wife, Thora Gudmundsdottir.
From the beginning, the company has focused on providing ACMI (Wet Lease) and aircraft charter services to the passenger and cargo market worldwide.
Throughout the years, Air Atlanta Icelandic has established a large and diverse customer base of airlines, tour operators, charter brokers, governments and various non-profit organizations.
Air Atlanta Icelandic operated its first Hajj flight in 1988 and has since evolved to become the largest ACMI Hajj operator in the world.
Historically, Air Atlanta Icelandic has operated a wide range of aircraft types in the narrowbody and widebody range, both passenger and cargo. Air Atlanta Icelandic currently specializes in Boeing 747-400 aircraft. Other aircraft operated by the company are Boeing 747-300, Airbus 340 and Airbus 330.
Air Atlanta Icelandic employs a multicultural workforce of more than 1,000 employees and contractors, counting more than 50 nationalities. Flight deck and cabin crew form the largest group of the workforce, with maintenance and operations experts making up the majority of ground staff. Head Quarters are based in Iceland, but the company sets up operation bases and maintenance line stations all over the world to support its global flight operation.
Air Atlanta Icelandic holds an Icelandic AOC (air operator certificate) issued by the Icelandic Transport Authority, fulfilling the requirements of JAR OPS 1 / EU OPS and PART M and EU – regulation 2407/92. The company further holds Air Operator approval from the US Department of Transport, Canadian Transportation Agency and Australian Government. The company became IOSA (IATA Operational Safety Audit) qualified in 2011, but the IOSA program is an internationally recognized and accepted evaluation system designed to assess the operational management and control systems of an airline.
Our Management
Experienced Team
We are proud to have a highly-experienced management team, who all have extensive airline operational knowhow. The management team is made up of highly competent personnel whose main focus is to deliver superior service and assist the company’s worldwide customers with their ever-changing needs.
Our People
Over 50 nationalities
The work force of Air Atlanta Icelandic is truly global as it is comprised of more than 50 nationalities. Flight deck and cabin crew form the largest group of the workforce, with maintenance and operations experts making up the majority of our ground staff. We have developed a core team of experienced people who can act flexibly and quickly set up an operation at short notice anywhere in the world. Air Atlanta Icelandic’s employees are required to work within the airline customer’s operational environment and national culture, adapting procedures and techniques to the customer’s specific needs.
Our Ownership
Privately owned
Air Atlanta Icelandic is a privately-owned company. The current ownership rests with four members of its senior management team, who purchased the company through a management buy-out in December 2007.
Our Headquarters
Kopavogur, Iceland
Our headquarters are based in Hlidasmari 3, Kopavogur, Iceland, just south of the country's capital of Reykjavik. Approximately 100 employees and 24-hour operation centre are located at the company's headquarters, but all flights are operated out of the customer operational bases worldwide.
