WOW Air Is Canceling Flights To Miami

I flew this route over the summer and it was completely full both ways. I would guess it is more of a seasonal route though

I live in Miami and although I was aware of WOW they really have done very little to make the general public aware of their airline. Also, Norwegian flies non-stop to a number of European cities from Fort Lauderdale so that is probably much more convenient and desirable than a connection in Iceland for most low cost fliers here.

They should do a fifth freedom route. Maybe Miami - Caribbean, that's a slam dunk.

I pass by MIA almost daily. At the beginning WOW's plane would be a 330... but more recently I have seen a WOW 321... not sure how they get it here... but its clearly a narrowbody and has curved long wingtips (unlike the sharp and short wingtips of a 330)

Wow doesn’t usually cut- they add. What an interesting move.

That is terrible aircraft utilisation, it’s true, but if they can’t make south Florida work as a low-cost leisure destination from Europe then what route CAN they make work?

I agree with @Eric J. About the Norwegian factor here - they fly FLL direct from LGW with even more connections to Europe onwards which is a much better setup. I am wondering if Norwegian will ultimately torpedo a lot of WOW’s leisure destination plans?

I can see the Icelandic stopover working for 2nd/3rd tier US cities that lack much/any existing longhaul service but in competitive leisure markets (s florida for example) how much more room is there?

@Lucky I wonder if this has something to do with all the diversions that flight has had to Bangor. See https://flightaware.com/live/flight/WOW131 today's flight appears to have a refueling stop in Bangor as have many of the recent flights

Europeans don't want to come to Miami and risk getting shot by any madman with a gun because of our ridiculously lax gun laws.

I read that as Wow! Are you actually surprised? I can't tell. I suppose if one is surprised, one must write "Wow! WOW Air is..."

Perhaps the Icelandic tourism boom has crested. While we go every year for interpersonal, professional, and fishing purposes—most people just go on and then head for another exotic locale. It seems like the “destination du jour” is South Africa or possibly Croatia. For awhile hip travelers were all heading to Phuket.

Interestingly I've also been reading that Aer Lingus is struggling with Miami - to the point it could be cut .

maybe they should try ISP- KEF

Yeah, A330 is too big for this routes. They could probably re-start this route with A321neoLR with 218-220 seats. The standard A321ceo can't do much for this routes either.