Icelandair's 757 fleet is showing its age. So it's high time for new machines. This is what managing director Bogi Nils Bogason also thinks and already reveals which aircraft model the company could switch to. 

The national airline Islands currently operates fifteen Boeing 757-200s with an average age of 23,6 years and two Boeing 757-300s with an average age of 19,9 years, according to the website of Swiss Aviation evident. In addition, there are two freighters of the Boeing model in the fleet - each 30,8 and 31,5 years old. As these copies will soon be saying goodbye, the carrier is looking for a replacement. 

“We are currently looking around the market. It is clear that we will need new aircraft within the next four to six years, as the current 757 fleet is no longer the youngest, ”said CEO Bogi Nils Bogason. Some models are already in view. The A321-200neo variant with extended range is "a very good replacement candidate", continues Bogason. This option is therefore also being thoroughly reviewed. The European aircraft manufacturer only started production a few years ago - the first aircraft rolled off the assembly line at the beginning of 2015.