Iceland’s PLAY takes first A320neo and A321neo(LR)

PLAY (Iceland) (OG, Reykjavik Keflavik) took delivery of its first A320-200N on March 1, 2022, and is preparing to add another new variant – the A321-200NX(LR) – by May 2022.

TF-PPA (msn 9357) was ferried from Ostrava to Reykjavik Keflavik on March 2 and began revenue operations on March 13 with the first flight being from Reykjavik Keflavik to Berlin Brandenburg Int’l, Flightradar24 ADS-B data shows. The aircraft owned by CALC is 1.9 years old, although it has not been commercially operated thus far as it was originally built for SaudiGulf Airlines (SGQ, Dammam) and was not taken up by the carrier.

The aircraft joins three A321-200Ns in PLAY’s fleet.

The Icelandic low-cost carrier said it was planning to add two more Airbus narrowbodies in April and May 2022 – one A321-200NX(LR) and one more A320-200N. The A320neo will be TF-PPB (msn 10134), while the identity of the A321neo(LR) is not yet known. The LCC has no plans to increase its fleet beyond six aircraft for summer 2022 as it prefers a gradual ramp-up of its operations.