Hāʻawi ʻo Iceland Express i kahi lele pololei ʻehā manawa o ka pule ma waena o Iceland a me New York e hoʻomaka ana i Iune 2010. Ma muli o ke ʻano o ka hoʻokele waiwai o kēia manawa, ʻo ka hoʻoholo ʻana o ka hui e lele i ʻAmelika no ka manawa mua he wiwo ʻole, akā hoʻokipa ʻia e nā huakaʻi e manaʻolana nei. he mokulele haʻahaʻa ma waena o nā ʻāina ʻelua.
ʻO Iceland ka hub o ka lawelawe transatlantic. "ʻO kēia kā mākou lele mua i ka US," wahi a Matthías Imsland, ka Luna Nui o Iceland Express, ka mea i mahalo nui ʻia i ka mokulele ʻo Newark. "Kokoke ia i Manhattan a hāʻawi aku i nā mokulele pili i loko o ka US ma mua o nā mokulele ʻē aʻe o ka ʻāina."
Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo Imsland i ka manaʻo maikaʻi ʻoiai ʻo ka hoʻemi ʻana o ka honua a me ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa kālā kūloko koʻikoʻi i ka makahiki i hala. "Ke ʻike nei mākou i ka helu helu o nā malihini kipa ma Iceland a ʻoi aku ka nui o ka mākaʻikaʻi i kā mākou ʻoihana ma mua o ka wā. ʻO ka hopena i loaʻa i nā hui he nui i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi i kahi makahiki ʻokoʻa. Hoʻomaikaʻi ka uku hoʻololi i nā malihini kipa e kipa aku ana i Iceland e hōʻike ana i kahi manawa kūpono no kahi hui e like me Iceland Express.
Aia ka mokulele i kekahi mau wahi huakaʻi hou i ka makahiki 2010 e like me Milano ma Italia, Birmingham ma UK, Rotterdam ma Netherlands, Oslo ma Norewai, a me Luxembourg - e lawe ana i ka huina i 25. ʻO nā ala ʻē aʻe e kāhea aku i nā mea lawelawe mokulele. I ka pule i hala aku nei ua hoʻolaha ka hui i 50 mau kūlana cabin crew a loaʻa ma luna o 1,200 mau noi.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo Iceland Express ma 2003 a aia kona keʻena nui ma Iceland. Ua lawe ʻo ia i 136,000 mau ohua i kona makahiki mua a kokoke i ka hapalua miliona mau ohua ma 2007. I ke kauwela aʻe, e hoʻohana ana ka hui i 5 mokulele Boeing haiki a hoʻohana i 170-180 poʻe.
