List of Play destinations

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This is a list of destinations that Play has operated to as of April 2024.[1][2] Originally established in July 2019, the Icelandic low-cost airline launched flights from its hub at Keflavík International Airport in June 2021, initially with flights within Europe. Starting in April 2022, the airline began operating flights to North America.

List[edit]

Country City / Region Airport Start date End date Notes Refs
Austria Salzburg Salzburg Airport 22 January 2022 Present Seasonal [3]
Belgium Brussels Brussels Airport 24 May 2022 Present Seasonal [4]
Canada Hamilton John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport 22 June 2023 Present [5]
Croatia Split Split Airport 28 May 2024 Future (Seasonal) [6]
Czech Republic Prague Václav Havel Airport Prague 5 May 2022 Present Seasonal [7]
Denmark Aalborg Aalborg Airport 10 June 2023 23 October 2023 Terminated [8][9]
Billund Billund Airport 15 June 2023 Present Seasonal [8]
Copenhagen Copenhagen Airport 22 July 2021 Present [10]
France Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport 15 July 2021 Present [10]
Germany Berlin Berlin Brandenburg Airport 2 July 2021 Present [10]
Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Airport 8 June 2023 Present Seasonal [8]
Frankfurt Frankfurt Airport 14 December 2023 Present Seasonal [11]
Hamburg Hamburg Airport 16 May 2023 Present Seasonal [12]
Greece Athens Athens International Airport 2 June 2023 Present Seasonal [13]
Iceland Reykjavík Keflavík International Airport 24 June 2021 Present Hub [10]
Ireland Dublin Dublin Airport 28 April 2022 Present [14]
Italy Bologna Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport 7 June 2022 Present Seasonal [7]
Venice Venice Marco Polo Airport 29 June 2023 Present Seasonal [15]
Verona Verona Villafranca Airport 20 January 2024 Present Seasonal [16]
Lithuania Vilnius Vilnius Airport 25 May 2024 Future (Seasonal) [17]
Morocco Marrakesh Marrakesh Menara Airport 17 October 2024 Future (Seasonal) [18]
Netherlands Amsterdam Amsterdam Airport Schiphol 3 December 2021
5 June 2023
23 March 2022
Present
[19][20]
Norway Stavanger Stavanger Airport 26 May 2022 11 September 2022 Terminated [21][22]
Trondheim Trondheim Airport 31 May 2022 6 August 2022 Terminated [21][23]
Poland Warsaw Warsaw Chopin Airport 3 April 2023 Present Seasonal [24]
Portugal Funchal Madeira Airport 15 October 2024 Future (Seasonal) [18]
Lisbon Lisbon Airport 13 May 2022 Present [7][25]
Porto Porto Airport 6 April 2023 Present Seasonal [26]
Spain Alicante Alicante–Elche Miguel Hernández Airport 13 July 2021 Present [10]
Barcelona Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport 16 July 2021 Present [10][25]
Fuerteventura Fuerteventura Airport 20 December 2023 Present Seasonal [16]
Gran Canaria Gran Canaria Airport 22 December 2021 Present Seasonal [1]
Madrid Madrid–Barajas Airport 15 June 2022 Present [27][25]
Málaga Málaga Airport 29 May 2022 Present [28][29]
Palma de Mallorca Palma de Mallorca Airport 1 June 2022 Present Seasonal [28]
Tenerife Tenerife South Airport 29 June 2021 Present [10]
Sweden Gothenburg Göteborg Landvetter Airport 20 May 2022 Present Seasonal [21]
Stockholm Stockholm Arlanda Airport 31 March 2023 Present Seasonal [12]
Switzerland Geneva Geneva Airport 21 January 2023 Present Seasonal [30][31]
United Kingdom Cardiff Cardiff Airport 10 October 2024 20 November 2024 Future (Seasonal) [32]
Glasgow Glasgow Airport 26 May 2023 2 January 2024 Terminated [33][34]
Liverpool Liverpool John Lennon Airport 7 October 2022 Present Seasonal [35]
London London Stansted Airport 24 June 2021 Present [36]
United States Baltimore Baltimore/Washington International Airport 20 April 2022 Present [37]
Boston Logan International Airport 11 May 2022 Present [38]
Newburgh Stewart International Airport 9 June 2022 Present [39]
Washington, D.C. Dulles International Airport 26 April 2023 Present [40]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Destinations". Play. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Play Schedule 2023". Play. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  3. ^ Gruber, Jan (17 June 2021). "Play also flies to Salzburg in winter". Aviation.Direct. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Play Airlines behalve naar Schiphol ook naar Brussel" [Play Airlines announces flights to Brussels, Schiphol]. Luchtvaartnieuws (in Dutch). 2 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  5. ^ McCarthy, Daniel (10 January 2023). "Low-cost carrier Play is coming to Canada". Travel Market Report. American Marketing Group Inc. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  6. ^ Machado, João (17 January 2024). "Play launches flights to Split, Croatia". Aviacionline. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  7. ^ a b c "Four New Destinations for Play's Summer Schedule". Play (Press release). 10 November 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  8. ^ a b c Liu, Jim (5 January 2023). "Play NS Denmark/Germany network expansion". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  9. ^ "OG961 (FPY961) Play Flight Tracking and History". FlightAware. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g Schlappig, Ben (18 May 2021). "Iceland's Play Launching Flights This Summer, Puts Tickets On Sale". One Mile at a Time.
  11. ^ "Play - Quarterly Report - Presentation Q2 2023". Play. YouTube. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  12. ^ a b Palma, Kristi (7 November 2022). "Travelers can fly from Boston to 2 new European destinations aboard Play this spring". Boston.com. The Boston Globe. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  13. ^ "Play to Athens". Play (Press release). 19 October 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  14. ^ O'Brien, Ciara (2 December 2021). "Icelandic airline Play to begin Dublin route from April". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  15. ^ Liu, Jim (10 February 2023). "Play Adds Seasonal Venice Service in NS23". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  16. ^ a b Liu, Jim (8 May 2023). "Play NW23 Network Additions - 08May23". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  17. ^ Liu, Jim (13 February 2024). "Play Schedules Regular Vilnius Service From late-May 2024". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  18. ^ a b Liu, Jim (11 March 2024). "Play adds Funchal / Marrakech in 4Q24". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  19. ^ Luitweiler, Neal (23 September 2021). "Play Airlines start lijndienst tussen Schiphol en Reykjavik" [Play Airlines starts service between Schiphol and Reykjavik]. Luchtvaartnieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  20. ^ Csordas, Dominik (23 March 2023). "Play Airlines to Start Flights to Amsterdam". Airways Magazine. Archived from the original on 24 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  21. ^ a b c "Flyselskapet Play med nye flyvninger til Stavanger, Trondheim og Gøteborg" [Play airline with new flights to Stavanger, Trondheim and Gothenburg] (in Norwegian). NTB Kommunikasjon. 12 October 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  22. ^ "OG930 (FPY930) Play Flight Tracking and History". FlightAware. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  23. ^ "OG940 (FPY940) Play Flight Tracking and History". FlightAware. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  24. ^ Liu, Jim (5 December 2022). "Play adds Warsaw scheduled service in NS23". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  25. ^ a b c "Robust revenue growth, healthy cash position, and strong forward bookings" (PDF). Play (Press release). 27 April 2023. pp. 1, 6. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  26. ^ "Play to Porto". Play (Press release). 6 October 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  27. ^ "Play airline adds Dublin, Madrid and Brussels to its summer program". Aviación al día. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  28. ^ a b "Play añade Palma y Málaga en su red de rutas para el verano de 2022" [Play adds Palma and Malaga to its route network for the summer of 2022]. Preferente.com (in Spanish). 26 October 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
  29. ^ "Q4 and FY 2023 Results" (PDF). Play. 8 February 2024. p. 28. Retrieved 10 February 2024. Summer season only service to Malaga in Spain extended to year-round service
  30. ^ "Play to Liverpool and Geneva". Play (Press release). 5 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  31. ^ Casey, David (3 January 2023). "50 New Routes Starting In January 2023". Routes. Informa Markets. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  32. ^ McNeill, Linsey (18 April 2024). "PLAY launches half term flights from Cardiff to Iceland". Travel Gossip. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  33. ^ Williams, Craig (7 March 2023). "Low-cost airline to connect Scotland to Iceland and USA with new flight route". Yahoo News UK. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  34. ^ "OG821 (FPY821) Play Flight Tracking and History 02-Jan-2024 (GLA / EGPF-BIKF)". FlightAware. 2 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  35. ^ Brandler, Hannah (5 April 2022). "Play announces Liverpool-Orlando route via Reykjavik". Business Traveller. Panacea Media Limited. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  36. ^ "A New, Very "Playful" Airline has Touched Down in London". Travel Radar. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  37. ^ Mirabella, Lorraine (16 December 2021). "International Low-cost Airline Launches Service in U.S. Next Spring, Starting at BWI". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  38. ^ Ireland, Ben (16 December 2021). "Play to Launch Transatlantic Flights to The US from Spring 2022". Travel Weekly Group. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  39. ^ Gilbertini, Vanni (1 February 2022). "Play Announces New Flights To New York Stewart". Airline Geeks. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  40. ^ Jeff, Clabaugh (24 August 2022). "Discount airline Play to add Iceland flights from Dulles". WTOP-FM. Retrieved 25 August 2022.