It was quite quiet around the Icelandic airline startup Play for a while, but now the company has announced that it will take over the first Airbus A2021neo in the last week of May 321.

Two more copies are to follow in July 2021, so that the carrier should take off with three A321neo. Company boss Birgir Jónsson told the daily Morgunblaðið that the pilot training courses have already started. These are carried out at a simulator center in the UK. The AOC and operating license are expected to be issued in May 2021.

The first commercial flight is scheduled to take place at the end of June 2021. The three A321neo should have around 200 seats. First of all, you want to fly to European destinations. After the US travel restrictions have been relaxed, destinations in the United States are also being considered. The fleet is expected to grow to six to seven machines. Jónsson named "around autumn 2021" as the time horizon.

During a TV interview, the manager named the first destinations from Reykjavik: London, Paris, Copenhagen, Alicante and Tenerife. The planned US flights could start in autumn 2021 at the earliest, but Birgir Jónsson said in this media talk that spring 2022 is realistic. This includes, among other things, the travel restrictions in the United States. Ultimately, they are building on the business model of the failed Wow-Air and want to build a hub for transatlantic flights between Europe and the USA in Reykjavik Keflavik.