Deep Background

Icelandair’s seasonal service from Kansas City to Keflavik will end after only two years due to "commercial reasons," the airline announced earlier this week. Business reporter Kevin Hardy joins co-hosts Dave Helling and Leah Becerra to talk through some of the questions being raised after KCI lost its only nonstop transatlantic flight. For further reading: Icelandair drops Kansas City flight after boasting KCI’s only transatlantic service https://www.kansascity.com/news/business/article235650117.html KCI announces two new international routes — including a new destination in Mexico https://www.kansascity.com/living/travel/article235715842.html Looking to save funds, KCI officials set out on long-shot request for federal loan https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article235419107.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices