Icelandair cancels 10 Keflavik flights

Icelandair canceled 10 flights at Keflavik International Airport on Saturday, May 23, adding to delays at Iceland’s main international hub during a busy holiday travel weekend. Travel And Tour World reported that the disruptions affected routes including Newark, Portland, London, Edinburgh and Oslo. Public flight-status listings reviewed on Sunday also showed cancellations on Icelandair’s Newark and Portland services for May 23. Icelandair’s website says passengers should use its flight-status tool to check the latest information on specific routes and flight numbers. ### Which Icelandair flights were shown as canceled? Flight-status listings for May 23 showed Icelandair flights FI622 and FI623 on the Newark Liberty-Keflavik route as canceled, according to AirAdvisor’s live disruption page. The same listing also showed FI663 and FI664 on the Portland-Keflavik route as canceled that day. Travel And Tour World said the broader disruption also reached London, Edinburgh and Oslo, alongside Newark and Portland. (icelandair.com) The publication described the cancellations as part of a wider weekend schedule disruption at Keflavik. ### Was there any official Icelandair explanation? (airadvisor.com) Icelandair’s public flight-status page does not give a cause for individual cancellations on its main status landing page. The carrier’s customer-support page tells travelers to contact the airline directly for help with disrupted itineraries, while its flight-status tool allows searches by route or flight number. Recent Icelandair disruptions in 2026 have been linked in separate reporting to both weather and staffing pressures. (travelandtourworld.com) Iceland Review reported in March that severe weather caused 11 cancellations and 10 delays at Keflavik, and it reported in May that some cargo and passenger disruptions had been tied to crew shortages during a labor dispute. Neither report was presented as the confirmed cause of Saturday’s 10-flight cancellation event. (icelandair.com) ### What was happening at Keflavik itself? Isavia’s airport weather system showed light rain and reduced visibility at Keflavik when reviewed on Sunday, with runway visual range readings displayed at 2,100 meters on multiple runways. The airport weather page also showed winds in the low-to-mid teens in knots at the time of the reading. Those conditions describe Sunday observations, not necessarily the conditions at the exact time of Saturday’s cancellations. (icelandreview.com) Isavia’s aviation information pages say Keflavik issues METAR weather reports around the clock, but the search results reviewed did not surface a specific airport notice or airline statement tying May 23’s cancellations to weather. ### Why does Newark matter in this disruption? Newark was one of the named routes in the Keflavik disruption, and the cancellations came during a broader U.S. holiday travel period. (weather.isavia.is) The upstream travel briefing for May 24 also cited separate reporting that Newark was among heavily congested U.S. airports during a wider day of delays and cancellations. For Icelandair, Newark is one of its transatlantic gateways linking U.S. passengers through Keflavik to onward destinations in Europe. (eaip.isavia.is) A cancellation on that route can affect both outbound U.S. travelers and connecting passengers moving beyond Iceland. ### What should affected passengers do next? Icelandair says passengers can search its flight-status page by route or flight number for the latest information. The airline’s support page also directs customers to its contact channels for rebooking help and disruption-related assistance. (airadvisor.com) Sunday, May 24, is the next immediate checkpoint for travelers with Icelandair bookings through Keflavik, especially on North America-Europe connections. (icelandair.com) Icelandair’s flight-status page and customer-support portal are the named places the airline provides for updates, itinerary changes and follow-on delay information. (icelandair.com)