 Sigurdur Helgason (airline executive)

Sigurdur Helgason (July 20, 1921 – February 8, 2009) was an innovator in low-cost airlines.Sigurdur Helgason is credited with pioneering the "hippie airline", Loftleiðir, that made low-cost air travel to Europe possible for generations of Americans 

Born July 20, 1921, in the Icelandic capital, Reykjavík, Sigurdur Helgason came to the United States in his 20s and graduated with a business degree from Columbia University in New York in 1947.