https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/tags/tag/wow air/ Wow Air News en Breaking Travel News Copyright 2026 2026-04-19T09:17:41+00:00 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/wizz-air-launches-wow-air-rescue-fares/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/wizz-air-launches-wow-air-rescue-fares/ Affected Wow Air passengers can take advantage of a special fare with Wizz Air, which operates four flights per week from Reykjavík to London Luton. Thu, 28 Mar 2019 10:44:31 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/wow-air-ceases-operations-after-investment-talks-collapse/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/wow-air-ceases-operations-after-investment-talks-collapse/ Wow Air has joined the growing list of failed European carriers. The Iceland-based airline stopped flying overnight and urged passengers to look elsewhere for flights. Thu, 28 Mar 2019 09:26:48 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/wow-air-returns-to-icelandair-as-indigo-partners-deal-breaks-down/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/wow-air-returns-to-icelandair-as-indigo-partners-deal-breaks-down/ Indigo Partners has walked away from a potential investment in Wow Air. The decision sees Wow Air turn its attention once again to a potential tie-up with Icelandair. Fri, 22 Mar 2019 10:09:39 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/wow-air-to-move-london-flight-to-stansted-from-gatwick/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/wow-air-to-move-london-flight-to-stansted-from-gatwick/ The new schedule from London Stansted will see daily flights to Keflavik depart at 11:20, allowing passengers to make onward connections to the US and Canada. Fri, 21 Dec 2018 09:22:52 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/wow-air-launches-new-flights-to-delhi-from-keflavik-airport-iceland/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/wow-air-launches-new-flights-to-delhi-from-keflavik-airport-iceland/ Wow Air has expanded its network from Keflavik Airport by launching the Icelandic hub’s first non-stop flight to Asia, with the airline offering services to Delhi. Fri, 07 Dec 2018 08:42:19 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/indigo-partners-steps-in-to-rescue-wow-air/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/indigo-partners-steps-in-to-rescue-wow-air/ Indigo Partners has signed a preliminary agreement to purchase Wow Air. The deal comes less than a day after Icelandair Group pulled its own offer to buy the low-cost carrier. Fri, 30 Nov 2018 07:53:17 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/icelandair-group-to-acquire-wow-air/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/icelandair-group-to-acquire-wow-air/ The flag-carrier will acquire the entire share capital of the budget airline as consolidation continues apace in the European aviation market. Mon, 05 Nov 2018 11:57:32 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/wow-air-launches-new-route-to-vancouver-canada-for-summer-2019/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/wow-air-launches-new-route-to-vancouver-canada-for-summer-2019/ Wow Air has announced a new seasonal route from the UK to Vancouver, Canada, starting in June next year. The route will make the Icelandic airline the first to offer low-cost, long-haul flights to Vancouver International Airport. Tue, 23 Oct 2018 07:55:23 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/wow-launches-low-cost-flights-to-orlando/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/wow-launches-low-cost-flights-to-orlando/ The inaugural flight to Orlando International Airport will depart on December 18th, with flights departing from London Gatwick and Edinburgh via Reykjavik. Wed, 05 Sep 2018 08:17:31 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/wow-air-expands-in-asia-with-new-delhi-route/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/wow-air-expands-in-asia-with-new-delhi-route/ Low-cost airline Wow Air has announced flights to India from its Icelandic hub, the airline’s first destination in south Asia. Tue, 15 May 2018 09:44:39 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/great-lakes-sees-sharp-increase-in-airlift-from-uk/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/great-lakes-sees-sharp-increase-in-airlift-from-uk/ Two new airlines have announced they will begin flying into the Great Lakes region of the United States from the UK this year. Icelandair will run four flights a week via Reykjavik to Cleveland, Ohio, starting in May 2018. Wed, 14 Mar 2018 09:12:17 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/videos/video/skuli-mogensen-chief-executive-wowair/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/videos/video/skuli-mogensen-chief-executive-wowair/ Breaking Travel News talks with Skuli Mogensen, chief executive of Icelandic carrier WowAir, as the airline reveals ambitious plans to expand with a series of new routes in the United States. Also on the agenda is the arrival of a series of new planes. Wed, 08 Nov 2017 08:11:07 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/wow-air-to-launch-dallas-route-in-spring-2018/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/wow-air-to-launch-dallas-route-in-spring-2018/ Wow Air has unveiled a new service to Dallas, marking the low-cost airline’s 15th destination in North America. The inaugural service to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport will depart in May 2018 from Reykjavik, with the service operating three times per week, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Thu, 07 Sep 2017 08:53:58 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/wow-air-to-serve-tel-aviv/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/wow-air-to-serve-tel-aviv/ Wow Air will connect Tel Aviv with Montreal and Toronto, offering four flights each week starting September 12th this year. The new service are now available for booking. Sat, 20 May 2017 10:53:32 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/wow-air-welcomes-first-airbus-a320neo-to-fleet/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/wow-air-welcomes-first-airbus-a320neo-to-fleet/ Wow Air has taken delivery of the first A320neo aircraft, via an agreement with Air Lease Corporation. The new aircraft is the Icelandic airline’s thirteenth in a rapidly expanding, all-Airbus fleet and will be deployed on Wow Air’s routes to Europe and North America from tomorrow. Tue, 02 May 2017 08:22:32 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/wow-air-to-boost-low-cost-transatlantic-flight-options/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/wow-air-to-boost-low-cost-transatlantic-flight-options/ Icelandic low-cost transatlantic airline Wow air has announced plans to increase the number of flights from London to its hub in Iceland to two per day, as well as increases to its onward long-haul services to California. From March 27th next year the airline will fly daily from London to Los Angeles and San Francisco, via Reykjavik, making budget travel to California even more accessible for UK holidaymakers. Fri, 21 Oct 2016 14:02:58 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/edinburgh-welcomes-first-wow-air-flight-from-iceland/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/edinburgh-welcomes-first-wow-air-flight-from-iceland/ Edinburgh Airport has welcomed the first Wow Air flight from Iceland. Travellers arriving from the Nordic nation, as well as North America were greeted at the arrival gate by a bagpipe player, providing an authentic Scottish musical welcome. Flights will depart Edinburgh Airport for the airline’s hub in Reykjavik twice-weekly between July and October on Sundays and Wednesdays, with a total flight time of two hours 30 minutes. Wed, 20 Jul 2016 09:19:12 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/wow-air-adds-us-west-coast-destinations-to-transatlantic-network/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/wow-air-adds-us-west-coast-destinations-to-transatlantic-network/ WOW air, the ultra-low-cost transatlantic airline from Iceland, is to begin flying to the US West Coast in summer 2016 with Los Angeles and San Francisco confirmed as their fifth and sixth destinations in North America. The routes will be serviced by three new Airbus A330-300 aircraft, the first wide-body planes in the WOW air fleet, which will each carry 340 passengers in a single-class configuration. Mon, 09 Nov 2015 12:15:30 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/wow-air-sees-sharp-increase-in-passenger-numbers/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/wow-air-sees-sharp-increase-in-passenger-numbers/ WOW air, Iceland’s only low-cost airline, has enjoyed an increase in passenger numbers by 49 per cent in June 2015 compared with the same period in 2014. Some 83,000 passengers travelled with WOW air during the month with passenger load factors also up to 84 per cent, an eight per cent increase over the same period. Fri, 17 Jul 2015 10:51:55 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/wow-air-takes-delivery-of-two-airbus-a321-aircraft-for-transatlantic-routes/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/wow-air-takes-delivery-of-two-airbus-a321-aircraft-for-transatlantic-routes/ WOW air has purchased two new Airbus A321 aircraft on a finance lease for use on its transatlantic routes launching this spring to Boston and Washington DC. The largest of Airbus’ benchmark A320 family of aircraft, the A321 offers airlines the best seat-mile costs of any single-aisle aircraft, with an extra-long cabin that provides for seating capacities comparable to those in a wide body jet. Mon, 23 Feb 2015 09:23:02 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/wow-air-puts-boston-plans-on-hold/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/wow-air-puts-boston-plans-on-hold/ WOW air has revealed it has been forced to cancel plans to expand into North America due to the airline being denied key departure slots at Keflavik Airport. Rival airline Icelandair currently has a monopoly on the most sought after departure times between Iceland and North America which has long prevented consumers from being able to enjoy “competitive fares”, argues WOW. Thu, 13 Feb 2014 07:23:29 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/wow-air-sees-281-increase-in-british-travellers-to-iceland/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/wow-air-sees-281-increase-in-british-travellers-to-iceland/ WOW air, Iceland’s only low-cost airline, has released its passenger numbers and flight punctuality figure, recording impressive stats and year-on-year increases from 2012 to 2013. Thu, 23 Jan 2014 23:30:51 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/wow-air-to-launch-low-cost-boston-flights/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/wow-air-to-launch-low-cost-boston-flights/ Low-cost airline Wow Air will add transatlantic flights to its schedule with the launch of new routes to Boston in spring 2014. Wow will fly to Boston from London Gatwick via Reykjavik six times a week on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday. Fri, 15 Nov 2013 06:38:58 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/wow-air-chooses-rooster-for-uk-market/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/wow-air-chooses-rooster-for-uk-market/ WOW air has turned to lifestyle PR agency Rooster to promote the Icelandic airline in the UK. Rooster will raise awareness of the WOW promise; the airline offers the lowest price, on the newest planes, with the biggest smile. Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:00:39 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/wow-air-acquires-iceland-express/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/wow-air-acquires-iceland-express/ Low cost Icelandic carrier WOW Air has acquired its main competitor – Iceland Express. Effective immediately WOW Air takes over Iceland Express’s daily operations and scheduled flights. Sun, 28 Oct 2012 11:30:46 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/wow-air-launches-twice-weekly-service-from-gatwick-airport-to-reykjavik/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/wow-air-launches-twice-weekly-service-from-gatwick-airport-to-reykjavik/ Today Gatwick Airport welcomes WOW Air as it begins its twice-weekly service from Gatwick to Reykjavik, Iceland. Wed, 19 Sep 2012 18:00:07 +0000