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Former executives of low-cost Icelandic carrier WOW air are looking to launch an airline with a similar model eight months after its predecessor called it quits. In a press conference in Iceland, executives discussed the vision for the airline and plan on naming it PLAY. The website for the carrier is also up and running […]

Iceland’s WOW air has re-entered talks with rival carrier Icelandair for the acquisition of the struggling low-cost carrier. The decision to re-enter the talks with Iceland’s main carrier came after Indigo Partners, owner of numerous low-cost carriers such as America’s Frontier Airlines and Hungary’s WizzAir, ended discussions with WOW. In a statement released this week, […]

The last few years, and even the last decade, has seen huge success from low-cost carriers across the world. Airlines including Spirit and Frontier in the U.S. to IndiGo in India continue to corner largely domestic markets, while Norwegian and Ryanair, among others, dominate long and short-haul flights across and branching out from Europe. And […]

Icelandic ultra-low-cost carrier WOW air has returned four aircraft to lessors with two Airbus A330s and two Airbus A320 family aircraft departing Reykjavik earlier yesterday for storage, beginning the process of returning to their lessors. The move comes as a letter to bondholders from the airline’s CEO and Founder Skuli Mogensen expressed concern over the airline’s […]

In the evening of May 24, a bright purple Airbus A330-300 touched down at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. The aircraft, registered TF-WOW, is one of two of the type flying for Icelandic low-cost carrier WOW air. After taxiing into the Terminal D ramp, pilots tucked the aircraft into a hardstand to begin its overnight stay. […]