Breaking: Budget airline goes bust

Breaking: Budget airline goes bust

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norman lebrecht

March 28, 2019

The Icelandic company WOW has gone out of business.

All flights cancelled.

Thousands stranded.

Comments

  • Caravaggio says:
    March 28, 2019 at 10:44 am

    Oh Wow. Terrible name for an airline anyway, wasn’t it?

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    • Edgar says:
      March 28, 2019 at 12:54 pm

      Wow – indeed, a name can quickly mean its opposite…

      I had a ticket with them in early February, from Europe to USA. Already then there was the writing on the wall, as the airline quit its long-haul flights between San Francisco and Keflavik. Not willing to be forced to endure increasingly likely mischief I cancelled my flight, lost the money I paid (with exception of tax, which I got refunded), and flew with one of the legacy carriers.

      Sic transit…

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  • Sir David Geffen-Hall says:
    March 28, 2019 at 12:04 pm

    I guess they figured out that it’s not a good idea to sell $1 bills for $0.95 cents.

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    • Bill says:
      March 28, 2019 at 3:09 pm

      Certainly not! It’s not a good idea to sell them for 95 cents, or $0.95, either.

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    • Tamino says:
      March 30, 2019 at 11:15 am

      Strangely though, that works for banks and credit card companies.
      Guess it’s different when you can create the money yourself out of thin air.

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  • Bach to basics says:
    March 28, 2019 at 12:19 pm

    What does this have to do with music?

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    • Bill says:
      March 28, 2019 at 3:12 pm

      A musician might have bought a ticket…and probably there’s a story in the archives about someone having trouble while traveling on the airline with an instrument.

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      • SeaTac says:
        March 28, 2019 at 8:03 pm

        Ne sensible person who needs to arrive on schedule for rehearsals and concerts books a budget airline with a stopover in Iceland.

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      • Mr. Knowitall says:
        March 28, 2019 at 8:12 pm

        They are (were?) notoriously difficult about musical instruments. I cancelled a Wow flight from the States to Germany when I learned that I would have to check my concert guitar and that the cost to check it would be 180 euros. In addition to their luggage fee they added a surcharge for odd items, with musical instruments specifically named as odd.

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  • David says:
    March 28, 2019 at 5:22 pm

    Sad- we went to Iceland with them a few years ago: flight was fine; service excellent. Although I recall plane and flight attendants were all bright PURPLE, I will bet they are all sadly BLUE now.

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    • Ms.Melody says:
      March 28, 2019 at 9:10 pm

      I flew with them 3 weeks ago to and from Brussels.
      The flights were on time, very basic. Even for water one had to pay.No in-flight entertainment, of course.
      Airfare was very close to the non-budget airlines.
      The crew were pleasant, cheerful, still dressed in different shades of purple and no indication that they were about to land for good.

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