Icelandair's Northern Lights Boeing 757 Chopped Up into Keyrings

Icelandair's Northern Lights Boeing 757 has been retired and chopped up into keyrings. The Hekla Aurora, which operated for Icelandair since 2004, was painted in its iconic livery in 2014 to inspire passengers to visit the country. After flying for over a decade, it was withdrawn from service last October.

Aviationtag, a German company that turns aircraft into collectibles, has already sold out of the Hekla Aurora's skin keyrings once but promises more will be available soon. The team painstakingly removed sections of the plane's outer skin to preserve the unique paintwork and turned it into over 20,000 tags.

Icelandair had planned to phase out its Boeing 757 fleet by summer 2027, but has accelerated the timeline due to high fuel prices. The airline is replacing its 757s with new-generation narrowbody A321neos and Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. However, one 757 may remain in service longer than expected - a uniquely configured all-business class plane used for National Geographic voyages.