Deep Background

After Icelandair drops Kansas City service, should we worry about KCI's future?


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Icelandair’s seasonal service from Kansas City to Keflavik will end after only two years due to "commercial reasons," the airline announced earlier this week. Business reporter Kevin Hardy joins co-hosts Dave Helling and Leah Becerra to talk through some of the questions being raised after KCI lost its only nonstop transatlantic flight.

For further reading:

Icelandair drops Kansas City flight after boasting KCI’s only transatlantic service

https://www.kansascity.com/news/business/article235650117.html

KCI announces two new international routes — including a new destination in Mexico

https://www.kansascity.com/living/travel/article235715842.html

Looking to save funds, KCI officials set out on long-shot request for federal loan

https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article235419107.html

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Deep BackgroundBy The Kansas City Star

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