Big Talk! Icelandair Promises Northern Lights to Passengers
Icelandair’s new plane, the Hekla Aurora, celebrates the Northern Lights. (Photo: Icelandair)
Icelandair has a unique way of making sure that its Iceland-bound passengers see the Northern Lights: it is bringing that natural phenomenon to them.
The airline has launched a new plane called the Hekla Aurora. The plane features an on-board light show that mimics the Aurora Borealis (aka The Northern Lights), in which charged electrons light up the atmosphere in the skies over the Arctic. The phenomenon draws tourists from all over the world, who flock to Iceland in hopes of getting a glimpse.
Icelandair’s new Hekla Aurora plane, a Boeing 757, debuted with a celebratory flight from London’s Heathrow to Reykjavik airport (along the way, it flew over over Reykjavik’s Hallgrimskirkja church, which was lit up in anticipation of the city’s annual Winter Lights Festival). Locals lined up to see the unique-looking plane, which is decorated in a Northern Lights-themed livery.
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The launch of Icelandair’s Hekla Aurora is part of Icelandair’s #MyStopover campaign, in which passengers on any transatlantic Icelandair flight are given the option to stop in Iceland for up to seven days at no additional cost.
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