Omar Benediktsson has been appointed Managing Director of the charter airline SmartLynx in Latvia. He succeeds Mr.Eugene O'Reilly, who has served as Managing Director of SmartLynx on a temporary basis, and will now as planned return to his post as Assistant Managing Director of Icelease. Mr.O'Reilly has also been appointed to the Supervisory Board of SmartLynx. SmartLynx is an international charter airline, based in Riga, Latvia. Benediktsson brings with him valuable experience in the field of aviation. He has among other things served as CEO of Íslandsflug and Air Atlanta, and was among the key investors in these companies. He has been Vice Chariman of the Board of Directors of Icelandair Group for the past two years, but will leave the board at the next Annual General Meeting in March.