Icelandair August passengers fall 5% y/y to 577,000 as capacity drops 5%

• Icelandair transported 577,000 passengers in August 2026, down 5% year on year, matching a 5% capacity cut.
• Traffic mix shifted toward Iceland-origin travel; passengers to Iceland rose 11%, from Iceland rose 12%, domestic rose 4%.
• Connecting passengers fell 27%, reflecting capacity concentration around mid-August Solar Eclipse demand.
• Load factor slipped to 85.8% from 87.1%; on-time performance improved to 81.9%, up 1 percentage point.
• Yield jumped 24% to 11.96 US cents; freight grew 30% while sold block hours in leasing operations fell 9%.

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