Review: Atlantic Airways Reykjavík to Vágar

After a blissful week in Iceland, Jessy and I flew from Reykjavík to Vágar in the Faroe Islands on Atlantic Airways. 

Atlantic Airways is the Faroese national carrier, which connects the secluded archipelago to Iceland and other European hubs.

Since this is a fairly niche airline based in a remote destination, I thought I’d document the experience and share a little bit about what it was like.

Atlantic Airways – Booking

I booked our flight for about $250 (CAD) per person. It’s certainly not the cheapest price for a 90-minute flight, but nothing in this part of the world, or in any remote part of the world for that matter, comes cheap. 

Atlantic Airways doesn’t partner with any other airlines at all, nor is it part of an alliance. The only points you can earn are with the Atlantic Airways Súlubonus loyalty program.

Naturally, I made sure to register for an account. I credited the points for our flight to our newly-minted Súlubonus accounts, should it ever become possible to redeem them for future flights when we return to the Faroe Islands.

Atlantic Airways – Cabin

Atlantic Airways has a minuscule fleet of three Airbus A320s, consisting of a single Airbus A320-200 and two Airbus A320neos. Furthermore, in addition to its fixed-wing aircraft, there are also a number of helicopters in the fleet – but more on that later.

The aircraft offer all-economy configurations only.

The main competitive advantage of Atlantic Airways is simply the convenience of providing a link to and within the Faroe Islands, rather than any sort of level of luxury.

On this particular flight, we were on the Airbus A320neo. This specific aircraft has 174 economy seats in a 3-3 configuration.

The seat pitch is listed as a very reasonable 30–32”, with 17.5” of width and 3″ of recline. For such a short flight, I wasn’t all too fussed.

We boarded the flight from Gate A11 at Keflavík International Airport, and made our way to Seats 6E and 6F on the right side of the aircraft. We opted for the middle and window seats, so that we could both gaze out over the water during the flight.

Atlantic Airways – Seat

I first noticed the amount of leg room provided, which was quite respectable here on Atlantic Airways’s all-economy configuration.

I also appreciated the…