Heads up on possible Iceland air, hotel & transportation strike.

Keflavik Airport has now posted the following:

News

25.05.2015

The planned strike actions have been postponed five days as a result of a progress in the ongoing negotiations. Labour disputes in Iceland might affect the travel industry if strikes come to effect. In the table below you will find further information on possible strikes. No changes have been made to the airlines‘ schedules and the airlines will notify their passengers if the situation affects their itiniraries.

Schedule of possible strike actions:

Bus companies plan a strike from 00:00 2 June to 24:00 3 June. The strike could affect bus schedules to and from Keflavik International Airport.

From 00:00 4 June to 24:00 5 June hotel staff plan strike actions. Hotel services might be disrupted.

From 00:00 5 June to 24:00 6 June the staff of ground services companies plan strike actions. Strike might affect flight.

From 00:00 9 June to 24:00 10 June fuel services staff plan strike actions. Strike might affect flight.

11 June a general strike of four unions is planned. The strike might have wide affect on tourism.

As stated above, no changes have been made to flight schedules. For more information please advice with your airline or travel agency. http://www.icetra.is/aviation/passengers/rights/strikes/

That is really excellent news.

Thanks so much for posting.

UPDATE: The agreement has now been formally signed.

Thank you for keeping us up to date on this. It is a great relief for me that this has been settled.

So happy to hear this as we are flying Iceland Air to Heathrow and then stopping over in Iceland for 7 days after our upcoming cruise to Norway!