Whaling detrimental to Icelandair 27. október 2006 09:58 Jón Karl Ólafsson: "Causing a great deal of harm to the airline" The Managing Director of Icelandair. Jón Karl Ólafsson, has declared his opposition to whaling and says that it could do a great deal of harm to the airline. The company received its first major cancellation yesterday from a travel agency. Icelandair has suffered a lot of hate mail and opposition abroad due to Iceland's whaling. Ólafsson believes that the Governmen's decision was badly thought out and that they did not take into consideration the hundreds of million Icelandic kronas generated by the Icelandic travel industry annually. The Icelandic association of whale watching companies have also condemned the decision to start commercial whaling and have challenged Sturla Böðvarsson, Minister for Tourism to ask for the decision to be reconsidered. The Icelandic ambassador in London was asked a second time to meet Ben Bradshaw, Britain's Minister of Fisheries, where Bradshaw once again stressed the British Govermnent's opposition to Iceland's whaling. News News in English Mest lesið Veðurvaktin: Biðja fólk að halda sig heima í kvöld Veður Karlmaður lést í Bláa lóninu Innlent Útlit fyrir mestu snjókomu í október í manna minnum Innlent Ungur Miðflokksmaður gengst við rasisma og segir af sér Innlent Snjókoman rétt að byrja Innlent Flugmaðurinn sem fórst millilenti oft í Reykjavík Innlent Ráðgjafinn ráðinn í tímabundið starf eftir dýra skreppitúra Innlent Skreppiferðir í Jysk meðal þess sem ráðgjafi rukkaði fyrir Innlent Bílar út af veginum á Reykjanesbraut Innlent Heitavatnslaust á Suðurnesjum og rafmagnslaust víða um land Innlent
The Managing Director of Icelandair. Jón Karl Ólafsson, has declared his opposition to whaling and says that it could do a great deal of harm to the airline. The company received its first major cancellation yesterday from a travel agency. Icelandair has suffered a lot of hate mail and opposition abroad due to Iceland's whaling. Ólafsson believes that the Governmen's decision was badly thought out and that they did not take into consideration the hundreds of million Icelandic kronas generated by the Icelandic travel industry annually. The Icelandic association of whale watching companies have also condemned the decision to start commercial whaling and have challenged Sturla Böðvarsson, Minister for Tourism to ask for the decision to be reconsidered. The Icelandic ambassador in London was asked a second time to meet Ben Bradshaw, Britain's Minister of Fisheries, where Bradshaw once again stressed the British Govermnent's opposition to Iceland's whaling.
News News in English Mest lesið Veðurvaktin: Biðja fólk að halda sig heima í kvöld Veður Karlmaður lést í Bláa lóninu Innlent Útlit fyrir mestu snjókomu í október í manna minnum Innlent Ungur Miðflokksmaður gengst við rasisma og segir af sér Innlent Snjókoman rétt að byrja Innlent Flugmaðurinn sem fórst millilenti oft í Reykjavík Innlent Ráðgjafinn ráðinn í tímabundið starf eftir dýra skreppitúra Innlent Skreppiferðir í Jysk meðal þess sem ráðgjafi rukkaði fyrir Innlent Bílar út af veginum á Reykjanesbraut Innlent Heitavatnslaust á Suðurnesjum og rafmagnslaust víða um land Innlent