Access to Keflavík International Airport has become a major bottleneck for travelers across Iceland — one that, according to sociologist Þóroddur Bjarnason of the University of Iceland, primarily benefits the state-owned airport operator Isavia rather than the public. He argues that the high cost of transport and parking at the airport sometimes rivals the price of flight tickets themselves, contradicting the government’s ownership policy, which mandates that Iceland’s airport system should form part of safe and affordable transport within the country and connect effectively to other public transport on land.