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: Snjókoman rétt að byrja og víða erfið færð Veður Ungur Miðflokksmaður gengst við rasisma og segir af sér Innlent Snjókoman rétt að byrja Innlent Flugmaðurinn sem fórst millilenti oft í Reykjavík Innlent Eldur í blokk við Ljósheima Innlent Bílar út af veginum á Reykjanesbraut Innlent Ráðgjafinn ráðinn í tímabundið starf eftir dýra skreppitúra Innlent Hvatt til varúðar vegna snjóflóðahættu á suðvesturhorninu Innlent Skvísur geti virkað sem hálfgerðir þroskaþjófar Innlent Fjölmargir farþegar fastir í flugvélum á Keflavíkurflugvelli 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: Snjókoman rétt að byrja og víða erfið færð Veður Ungur Miðflokksmaður gengst við rasisma og segir af sér Innlent Snjókoman rétt að byrja Innlent Flugmaðurinn sem fórst millilenti oft í Reykjavík Innlent Eldur í blokk við Ljósheima Innlent Bílar út af veginum á Reykjanesbraut Innlent Ráðgjafinn ráðinn í tímabundið starf eftir dýra skreppitúra Innlent Hvatt til varúðar vegna snjóflóðahættu á suðvesturhorninu Innlent Skvísur geti virkað sem hálfgerðir þroskaþjófar Innlent Fjölmargir farþegar fastir í flugvélum á Keflavíkurflugvelli Innlent