Icelandair’s Special Children Travel Fund has been sending children with serious illnesses on dream trips with their families since 2003.
Usually the fund tries to help around 20 families per year enjoy a long holiday in Florida or any other Icelandair destination the child chooses.
Recently the fund broke with tradition by sending nearly 100 Icelandic families on a day trip to Scandinavia’s biggest theme park.
The children, who all suffered from cancer, arrived in Gothenburg, Sweden at 11 in the morning and were whisked off to Liseberg Amusement Park for a day of family fun. Then it was back onboard a flight to Iceland in time for bed.
The trip was funded by Icelandair’s Special Children Fund and by the generosity of Icelandair staff and customers.
All the Icelandair staff gave their time for free, so only the flights and entrance fees came from the Special Children Fund.
“It is precious for the children and their family to find that they are not fighting this alone. Many of these children just finished a cancer treatment or are still in a tough treatment. This kind of a trip gives them a change to think about something else than the illness for one day.” says Oskar Orn Gudbrandsson, manager of the Organisation for cancer sick children (SKB).
Icelandair is Iceland’s largest and oldest airline. With over 70 years’ experience, the company connects Iceland with 24 destinations in Europe and North America.
Since 2003, Icelandair has offered passengers the chance to contribute towards the company’s Special Children Fund onboard all its flights and through its Saga Club frequent flyer programme.
For more information on the Special Children Travel Fund and on flights to Iceland, visit www.icelandair.net
