PHOTOS FROM JFK

This is a photo of the Loftleidir crew that flew the first scheduled flight to the USA. The photo was taken at the then Idlewild Airport, now JFK Int'l. Airport on August 16, 1948 by the New York Mayor's office. We celebrated 50 years of scheduled service in 1998.

From left to right:

Halldor (Tiny) Gudmundsson (Flight Engineer) who became Director of Maintenance and Engineering.

Sigridur Gestsdottir (Cabin Attendant)

Frida Mekkinosdottir (Cabin Attendant)

Alfred Eliasson (Captain) who became President of Loftleidir Icelandic.

Axel Thorarensen (Navigator)

Bolli Gunnarsson (Radio Operator)

Kristinn Olsen (Captain) who became Director of Operations and Member of the Board.

Photo courtesy of Siggi and Rosa Gudmundsson.

Photo from JFK 1966.

From left to right: Einar Gustavsson, Gudrun Runolfsdottir, Jim O'Connell, Arline Brady, Ron Ericksson and Ted Fiorito.

Photo courtesy of Arline Louttit Harley.

Another photo from JFK 1966.

From left to right: Einar Gustavsson, Gudrun Runolfsdottir, Jim O'Connell, Arline Brady, Ron Ericksson, Sybille Gramatzki and Ted Fioritto.

Photo courtesy of Arline Louttit Harley.

Another photo from JFK 1966.

From left to right: Jim O'Connell, Ron Ericksson, Einar Gustavsson, Ted Fioritto, Arline Brady and Gudrun Runolfsdottir.

Photo courtesy of Arline Louttit Harley.

Photo taken 15MAY1970 on the occasion of the first Icelandic-Loftleidir pure turbine flight. Icelandair-Flugfelag Islands had jumped the gun with a B727-100 intro a few years earlier, but the companies hadn't merged at the time the picture was taken.

A DC-8-63 was leased from Seaboard World Airlines, put in LL livery and brought to the East Wing of the International Arrivals Building and was awaiting boarding for departure when the following assembled:

From left to right: Sigurdur Helgason, Billy Christian, Bob Delany, Joe Winter, Ernie Perrin, Al Shea, Jeff Edmonds, Hans Indridason, Halldor Gudmundsson, Thor Jorgensen, Jim Marooney and John Loughery.

Photo courtesy of Tedd Hope.