Earlier this year, Icelandic low cost carrier WOW Air began flights between Iceland and the US. In March, WOW Air launched flights between Keflavik (just outside Iceland's capital, Reykjavik) and Boston, while in June they launched flights to Baltimore. The airline is as "no frills" as it gets, as they charge for everything, including bags,…
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That's a good choice of cities since Iceland Air only flies as far west as Denver with their 757s. Now I can convince my West Coast friends to come to Iceland!
KEF->LAX has got to be an 8-9 hour flight. At that point it might push my limit for what i can do with 30" of pitch (plus if you're flying home from Iceland you are going to be VERY hungover). 4-5 hours from the east coast is certainly more doable.
But I'm sure there's a market and I commend any airline who wants to offer low fares with a la carte pricing.
if only Summer of 2016 means April 2016 then I would be all over it....ughhhh...
Yes! Went to Iceland last summer for 1 week. Already trying to work out how to get back there with family for 2 weeks this summer. I really like WOW, and as a family that normally travels very light, the luggage restrictions are not a big issue. You can always shed weight from extra passengers, and concentrate heavy items with one passenger and thus pay for only one heavy bag.
We will be thinking about taking advantage of these very low fares . It will be interesting to see any effects of this increased competition .
Having been to Iceland, it's pretty depressing that they're perhaps most famous for a pool of power station waste water that's often packed full of people who have paid a ridiculous sum of money to get in (pictured in the article).
I'm sure being in a giant mineral bath is nice and good for the skin etc., but the country has far more to offer!
It's great to see WOW try it. Icelandair had direct flights to SFO for a couple of years, it was great until they canceled the route.
I go to Iceland every year. I fly through Seattle, but I could do without the connecting flight for sure.
Actually, the 340 seat one class 330s of AB are 330-200s, so if WOW puts 340 seats in a 330-300, there might be room for more upgraded seating. I would assume there is room for a small premium economy sorts of product on that route and size of plane to fill profitably.
Icelandair has flown already flies to the west coast. They have flown to SEA foe several years and have since added PDX and YVR.
I live in The Netherlands, and check the fares with WOW regular. But they are always to expensive.
Example; AMS-YYZ in May 2016 with WOW €573,- 1 bag included. LH €510,- bag, food, wine, seat reservation and Miles included.
Ugh. Expect long lines for the toilets. Ratio of toilets to passengers 1:114 (trusting seat map on seatguru.com). Showing only 3. Typical ratio would be 1:60 or better. Not horrible for a short flight, but long haul from 8-9 hours will mean loads of people standing in queue.
Customer service is not a priority with this company. Wow air is represented as a low-cost airline but if you add up all the extras you have to pay for, you are not getting a bargain. The employees are not friendly and act like they could care less about the customers.