WOW air

WOW air
IATA ICAO Callsign
WW WOW WOW AIR
Founded November 2011
Commenced operations 31 May 2012
Operating bases Keflavík International Airport
Fleet size 17
Destinations 33 [1]
Headquarters Reykjavík, Iceland
Key people Skúli Mogensen (CEO)
Website wowair.com
Headquarters in Reykjavík

WOW air is an Icelandic low-cost carrier that is headquartered in Reykjavík and based at Keflavík International Airport.[2]

History

WOW air was founded in November 2011 and operated its inaugural flight in 2012. WOW air was founded by entrepreneur Skúli Mogensen, whose extensive business background is largely in technology and telecoms in Iceland, Europe, and North America. The sole owner of WOW air is Titan, an investment company owned by Mogensen, who is the company CEO and sits on the five-person board of directors.

In October 2012, WOW air acquired Iceland Express's operations and network. Iceland Express operated to several destinations in Europe and North America utilising leased equipment. At the end of October 2012, following the acquisition of its operations, flights to Gatwick and Copenhagen saw frequency increases, services to Berlin-Schönefeld, Kaunas, Salzburg and Warsaw Chopin had begun. Kaunas has since been dropped, replaced by existing services to Vilnius. The airline carried over 400,000 passengers in 2013. WOW air carried its one millionth guest in December 2014.

Since 2015, WOW air started expanding into North America, serving first the US, then Canada starting in May 2016. Flights to Los Angeles and San Francisco began in June 2016 using two Airbus A330-300 planes leased from Air Europa.[3] WOW air's annual passenger capacity will more than double in 2016 to over 1.6 million, from approximately 740,000 in 2015. WOW air also runs the travel agency WOW travel, which specialises in low-cost holidays both to and from Iceland.

Destinations

As of 13 June 2017, WOW air operates services to a total of 33 destinations[4] in Europe, the US, and Canada from its base at Keflavík International Airport.[5]

Fleet

WOW air Airbus A321-200
WOW air Airbus A330-300

As of June 2017 the WOW air fleet consists of the following aircraft:[6][7]

WOW Air fleet
Aircraft In Service Orders Passengers Notes
XL Y Total
Airbus A320-200 2 — — 174 174 Both operated by Avion Express[8]
Airbus A320neo 1 — — 180 180[9]
Airbus A321-200 10 5[10][11][12] — 200 200 One operated by Avion Express[8]
220 220
Airbus A321neo 1 1[13] — 220 220
Airbus A330-300 3 — 23 319 342[14]
Airbus A330-900neo — 4[12] TBA 365 Deliveries begin 2018[12]
Total 17 10

References

  1. ↑ https://wowair.us/flights/our-destinations/
  2. ↑ Get in touch - wowiceland.co.uk "WOW air Katrínartún 12, 105 Reykjavík"
  3. ↑ "California - Summer 2016". WOW air. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  4. ↑ https://wowair.us/flights/our-destinations/
  5. ↑ wowair.co.uk - Our destinations retrieved 20 November 2016
  6. ↑ "Icelandic Aircraft Register search results for aircraft operated by WOW air". Icelandic Transport Authority. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "WOW aircraft". WOW Air. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  8. 1 2 "Icelandic Aircraft Register search results for aircraft operated by Avion Express". Icelandic Transport Authority. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  9. ↑ "WOW Air Takes Delivery Of Its First A320neo - Airways Magazine". 26 April 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  10. ↑ "Iceland's WOW Air to lease five A320 Family jets from ALC". ch-aviation.com. 27 May 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  11. ↑ "WOW air orders four A321s" (Press release). Airbus. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  12. 1 2 3 "Iceland's WOW air to lease four A330neo from CIT Aerospace". Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  13. ↑ "Iceland's WOW air adds maiden A321neo". ch-aviation.com. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  14. ↑ "SeatGuru Seat Map WOW air Airbus A330-300 (333)". www.seatguru.com. Retrieved 24 May 2017.

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