WOW Airlines Cancels All Flights [End of Operation of WOW AIR]

[kelvedon]

Another troubled airline, this time Iceland’s WOW airlines has postponed all flights pending re financing talks.


Iceland's Wow airline postpones all flights

 

[serfty]

Travel alert | WOW air

 

[Denali]

I'm on an Iceland forum and lots of stressed out people.

We booked Icelandair, leaving Wednesday, but did consider WOW for about 5 seconds. I feel so bad for the people waking up in an hour or so to this news.

 

[drron]

The writing was on the wall a couple of days ago.
WOW air planes grounded and many flight cancellations

 

[Saab34]

These entrepreneur owned/run ventures usually end in tears.

Norwegian is another. Can’t see it going too far into next decade.

 

[moa999]

Norwegian is a fair bit bigger though..
And BA has interest.

You've also got Jet airways in India with big issues

 

[dajop]

It's turning into quite a bloodbath in Europe. I am guessing where it will all end up at the LCC end of the specturm is Ryanair, EasyJet and Wizz (and maybe tui and a couple of UK based carriers), plus the LCC's that are part of IAG, Lufthansa and AF/KL groups. Plus any that have the backing of their government.

 

[33kft]

Not sure WOW will be missed in any particular sense, given many customers experiences. They did get rated the world's worst airline by AirHelp, and they have a 3/10 rating with Skytrax, so not a stellar airline by any measurements.

That said, I feel for affected passengers and hope new arrangements can be made and holidays can be (somewhat) saved.

 

[Denali]

Reading some traveller comments, I feel really bad for people. Many are cancelling their entire plans as alternative flights are too expensive. Considering you prepay a lot of accommodation, Blue Lagoon ect, it's painful.

A couple of days ago our Amsterdam-Reykjavik flight was looking empty, both Y and J, guessing that'll change over the next few days. So glad we went with Icelandair (J), not that there was much debate, I didn't like the WOW reviews and their lack of J seating saved us in the end. Who'da thought, paying for J saved us money and stress.

 

[Justinf]

Reading some traveller comments, I feel really bad for people. Many are cancelling their entire plans as alternative flights are too expensive. Considering you prepay a lot of accommodation, Blue Lagoon ect, it's painful.

A couple of days ago our Amsterdam-Reykjavik flight was looking empty, both Y and J, guessing that'll change over the next few days. So glad we went with Icelandair (J), not that there was much debate, I didn't like the WOW reviews and their lack of J seating saved us in the end. Who'da thought, paying for J saved us money and stress.

Wise choice. I found Icelandair to be really good.
I too considered Wow for five seconds.

 

[ozfflyer]

get ready for a lot more airline failures. Noticed lately, that Qantas Int has come right back to the market. Eg. when Air NZ(almost always the cheapest to USA along with Fiji air, apart from Chinese carriers) is doing $700 type return fares OZ/USA, Qantas is consistently offering fares in the high $800, but seems some of these are not nonstop.

So if you want to go SYD/LAX might have to fly via BNE or MEL.

Changing planes at AKL INT is not so bad, cf. with at any OZ airport, but Air NZ do tend to put the cheapest OZ/USA fares on coughty connections at AKL & they simply say ........ want a better connection, then simply pay more.

The LCC's are keeping the big boys honest. LCC fares make many people think the big boys are charging way too much.

Think we'll see big cuts to international flights out of Australia very soon.

Look at Qantas BNE/LAX. Ten a week nonstop can easily be cut to daily nonstop, without annoying too many people. Maybe Qantas 747s will be parked/retired much sooner.

The $700 loss leader fares, tend to create a benchmark, which is the last thing airlines want the public to think.

 

[RooFlyer]

Icelandair (J),

Just a trifle O/T ... but when I flew that cabin some years ago, the wine offered was 'Kanga-rouge'