A record number of visitors from the United States is predicted for Iceland in 2016, and, in response, Delta Air Lines is launching a daily flight between Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and Reykjavik’s Keflavik International Airport. The flight will mark Delta’s second, daily service between Iceland and the United States; its first is a Keflavik-New York (JFK) flight, operated for the past five years. Delta is making that route a year-round service for the first time. All told, Delta will offer 15 weekly flights from the United States to Iceland this summer. “Adding a new daily flight to a second Delta hub responds to the rise in demand for travel between Iceland and the United States,” said Nat Pieper, senior vice president for the EMEA region, Delta Air Lines. “This flight also means that customers have more choice with convenient connections to 84 onward destinations via our Minneapolis and New York-JFK gateways, offering more travel opportunities than ever before, including the cities of Denver and San Francisco.” Delta steadily increased its passenger numbers over the last five years for flights between Iceland and the United States. In 2011, it flew 21,000 people to Iceland, jumping to 51,000 last year. Visitors from the United States spent 14 billion ISK in Iceland last year. “With sites including Gullfoss and the Golden Circle, there is much to attract visitors to this beautiful country. Plus with year-round flights from New York, travelers can now enjoy the best of Iceland and the U.S. in any season,” said Pieper.