WOW Air

[CWBuff]

Apparently WOW AIR - an Iselanding budget airline - abruptly cancelled all their flights and ceased their operation in the middle of the night
Plenty of news links all over the Internet
If you have booked a ticket with them for your Camino, probably should start looking at the alternatives

 

[Jess W.]

WOW Air just went out of business guys! CNN Link for you to read, and attached to the post is the WOW air announcement to passengers. If you've booked a flight with them, contact your travel insurance company immediately! I already have (I booked my insurance with Allianz--make sure you read the fine print of your policy, I had to read that information to the customer service rep to prove I was covered and get a claim started). I was supposed to fly WOW air in 45 days to start my trip, so now I'm scrambling to book a new flight and get reimbursed.

 

[VNwalking]

The budget Icelandic airline went belly-up yesterday.
If you're holding a ticket no doubt you know this, and may be stuck and wondering what to do.
Here is their official notice with a little information about what to do next. I hope you get either to the Camino or back home as soon as possible, and without having to pay an arm and a leg.

And it's an object lesson for for the rest of us who may be tempted to buy a super-cheap ticket on a budget carrier that's operating on the fiscal edge of sustainability. There is a risk.

(Edited to add the hyperlink, which I had forgotten...)

 

[wisepilgrim]

Wow

 

[alexwalker]

Norwegian.com is offering replacement tickets for WOW travellers at a 25% discount, in order to help out, I have read.

 

[anthikes]

I fly a lot for work (maybe too much!) and Wow air use to always come up lots in my searches on Google flights and Skyscanner, offering very cheap fares. Once you start adding on baggage and other fees, they often ended up being more expensive than 'full service' airlines, so I use to just instantly dismiss them.

They are not the first, and won't be the last cheap airline to fail. Hopefully the staff can find alternative employment.

 

[t2andreo]

If you are affected by this, please see the other post on the issue I made earlier this morning.

https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/major-airlines-offering-rescue-fare-to-stranded-wow-customers.61090/

It might help you...