Alfreð Elíasson | |
Birth Name: | Alfreð Elíasson |
Birth Date: | 16 March 1920 |
Birth Place: | Reykjavík |
Death Date: | 12 April 1988 |
Death Place: | Reykjavík |
Nationality: | Icelandic |
Occupation: | Pilot and Manager |
Years Active: | 1944–1979 |
Known For: | Forming Loftleidir Icelandic |
Alfreð Elíasson (1920–1988) was an Icelandic businessman who founded and served as president of Loftleidir.[1]
Loftleiðir Icelandic Airlines was formed in 1944 with a single engine, three passenger plane of Stinson Reliant make, Loftleiðir grew to become one of the major carriers of the North Atlantic in the 1960s and early 1970s pioneering low-cost air travel over the Atlantic.[2]
He has had his story made into a documentary film called Alfred Eliasson & Loftleiðir Icelandic made in 2009 in Iceland, which tells the story of the airline and Alfred, narrated in Icelandic by Arnar Jónsson.