{"id":146758,"date":"2024-01-05T16:30:37","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T16:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=146758"},"modified":"2024-01-05T20:41:06","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T20:41:06","slug":"icelandair-continues-to-renew-its-fleet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2024\/01\/icelandair-continues-to-renew-its-fleet.html","title":{"rendered":"Icelandair continues to renew its fleet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Icelandair and SMBC<\/strong> have signed a long-term lease agreement for a new Airbus A321LR, scheduled for delivery in the first quarter of 2026. This aircraft will join the four A321LRs announced in an earlier agreement between the two companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recall that in July 2023, the airline signed a contract with Airbus for up to 25 A321XLR aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both models will be the future replacements for Icelandair&#8217;s Boeing 757 fleet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2023\/11\/icelandair-to-expand-network-with-new-destinations-and-increased-frequencies-by-2024.html\">Icelandair to expand network with new destinations and increased frequencies by 2024<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deliveries of the A321LRs will begin in 2024 and the A321XLRs are scheduled for delivery in 2029.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We are pleased to announce the lease of one more aircraft to our partner SMBC Aviation Limited. These aircraft will provide exciting opportunities and possibilities to explore new destinations, as well as further support our sustainability efforts,&#8221; commented Bogi Nils Bogason, President and CEO of Icelandair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"related-topics\">Related Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-post-grid uagb-post-grid  uagb-post__image-position-top uagb-post__image-enabled uagb-block-d40f09ce     uagb-post__items uagb-post__columns-2 is-grid uagb-post__columns-tablet-2 uagb-post__columns-mobile-1 uagb-post__equal-height\" data-total=\"218\" style=\"\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/09\/xiamenair-launches-new-intercontinental-route-between-xiamen-and-london.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\" class='uagb-image-ratio-inherit'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/XiamenAir-Vuelo-inaugural-a-Londres.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/XiamenAir-Vuelo-inaugural-a-Londres.webp 800w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/XiamenAir-Vuelo-inaugural-a-Londres-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/XiamenAir-Vuelo-inaugural-a-Londres-768x384.webp 768w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/XiamenAir-Vuelo-inaugural-a-Londres-380x190.webp 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"uagb-post__title uagb-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/09\/xiamenair-launches-new-intercontinental-route-between-xiamen-and-london.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">XiamenAir Launches New Intercontinental Route Between Xiamen and London<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__text uagb-post-grid-byline'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__text uagb-post__cta wp-block-button\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wp-block-button__link uagb-text-link\" style=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/09\/xiamenair-launches-new-intercontinental-route-between-xiamen-and-london.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Read More<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/09\/ana-expands-regional-fleet-with-additional-order-for-eight-embraer-e190-e2s.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\" class='uagb-image-ratio-inherit'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ANA-Embraer-E190-E2.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ANA-Embraer-E190-E2.webp 800w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ANA-Embraer-E190-E2-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ANA-Embraer-E190-E2-768x384.webp 768w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ANA-Embraer-E190-E2-380x190.webp 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"uagb-post__title uagb-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/09\/ana-expands-regional-fleet-with-additional-order-for-eight-embraer-e190-e2s.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">ANA Expands Regional Fleet with Additional Order for Eight Embraer E190-E2s<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__text uagb-post-grid-byline'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__text uagb-post__cta wp-block-button\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wp-block-button__link uagb-text-link\" style=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/09\/ana-expands-regional-fleet-with-additional-order-for-eight-embraer-e190-e2s.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Read More<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/09\/fly91-places-landmark-order-for-40-atr-72-600-aircraft.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\" class='uagb-image-ratio-inherit'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FLY91-ATR-72-600.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FLY91-ATR-72-600.webp 800w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FLY91-ATR-72-600-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FLY91-ATR-72-600-768x384.webp 768w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FLY91-ATR-72-600-380x190.webp 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"uagb-post__title uagb-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/09\/fly91-places-landmark-order-for-40-atr-72-600-aircraft.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">FLY91 Places Landmark Order for 40 ATR 72-600 Aircraft<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__text uagb-post-grid-byline'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__text uagb-post__cta wp-block-button\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wp-block-button__link uagb-text-link\" style=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/09\/fly91-places-landmark-order-for-40-atr-72-600-aircraft.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Read More<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/08\/chinas-big-three-airlines-post-severe-first-half-losses-driven-by-fuel-costs.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\" class='uagb-image-ratio-inherit'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/China-Southern-Airlines-Air-China-y-China-Eastern.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/China-Southern-Airlines-Air-China-y-China-Eastern.webp 800w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/China-Southern-Airlines-Air-China-y-China-Eastern-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/China-Southern-Airlines-Air-China-y-China-Eastern-768x384.webp 768w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/China-Southern-Airlines-Air-China-y-China-Eastern-380x190.webp 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"uagb-post__title uagb-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/08\/chinas-big-three-airlines-post-severe-first-half-losses-driven-by-fuel-costs.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">China\u2019s &#8220;Big Three&#8221; Airlines Post Severe First-Half Losses Driven by Fuel Costs<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__text uagb-post-grid-byline'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__text uagb-post__cta wp-block-button\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wp-block-button__link uagb-text-link\" style=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/08\/chinas-big-three-airlines-post-severe-first-half-losses-driven-by-fuel-costs.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Read More<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Icelandair and SMBC have signed a long-term lease agreement for a new Airbus A321LR, scheduled for delivery in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":4312,"featured_media":141276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[222,230,269,636],"class_list":{"0":"post-146758","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-airlines","8":"tag-aircraft","9":"tag-airline","10":"tag-europe","11":"tag-icelandair-2"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Icelandair-Airbus-A321XLR.jpg",800,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Icelandair-Airbus-A321XLR-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Icelandair-Airbus-A321XLR-300x150.jpg",300,150,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Icelandair-Airbus-A321XLR-768x384.jpg",768,384,true],"large":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Icelandair-Airbus-A321XLR.jpg",800,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Icelandair-Airbus-A321XLR.jpg",800,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Icelandair-Airbus-A321XLR.jpg",800,400,false],"pk-small":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Icelandair-Airbus-A321XLR.jpg",80,40,false],"pk-thumbnail":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Icelandair-Airbus-A321XLR.jpg",300,150,false],"csco-small":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Icelandair-Airbus-A321XLR-80x80.jpg",80,80,true],"csco-intermediate":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Icelandair-Airbus-A321XLR-200x140.jpg",200,140,true],"csco-thumbnail":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Icelandair-Airbus-A321XLR-380x220.jpg",380,220,true],"csco-thumbnail-alternative":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Icelandair-Airbus-A321XLR-300x180.jpg",300,180,true],"csco-thumbnail-uncropped":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Icelandair-Airbus-A321XLR-380x190.jpg",380,190,true],"csco-medium":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Icelandair-Airbus-A321XLR.jpg",800,400,false],"csco-medium-alternative":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Icelandair-Airbus-A321XLR-560x336.jpg",560,336,true],"csco-medium-uncropped":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Icelandair-Airbus-A321XLR.jpg",800,400,false],"csco-large":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Icelandair-Airbus-A321XLR.jpg",800,400,false],"csco-large-uncropped":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Icelandair-Airbus-A321XLR.jpg",800,400,false],"csco-extra-large":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Icelandair-Airbus-A321XLR.jpg",800,400,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Dergam Mousa","author_link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/author\/dmousa"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Icelandair and SMBC have signed a long-term lease agreement for a new Airbus A321LR, scheduled for delivery in&hellip;","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4312"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146758"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":146766,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146758\/revisions\/146766"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}