News | Iceland Monitor | Tue 14 Oct 2014 | 11.38 GMT | Modified at 13.53

Flights over the eruption popular with tourists

A flight over the volcanic eruption takes around 3-4 hours.

A flight over the volcanic eruption takes around 3-4 hours. mbl.is/Eggert

Many tourists now come to Iceland especially to see the volcanic eruption in Holuhraun. mbl.is investigated the price of such flights with two companies, Nordurflug and Reykjavík Helicopters and both offer flights between 230 - 240 thousand ISK per seat (around 2000 USD) for a 3-4 hour flight from Reykjavik. 

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