Wow Air is back in talks with Icelandair after Indigo Partners decided not to invest in the Iceland based airline.
Update (3/25/19): Icelandair has broken off talks with WOW and said there will be no deal between the two airlines.
Posted by
Almost Heaven
2945 posts
Reminds me of People Express Airlines back in the 1980s
Posted by
Medford, OR, USA
5835 posts
Trip cancellation insurance?
From an old AIG Travel Guard policy:
TRIP CANCELLATION/INTERRUPTION DUE TO FINANCIAL DEFAULT
Trip Cancellation/Interruption due to Financial Default of an airline,
cruise line, or tour operator provided the Financial Default occurs
more than 14 days following an Insured's effective date for the Trip
Cancellation or Trip Interruption Benefits. There is no coverage for
the Financial Default of any person, organization, agency, or firm
from whom the Insured purchased travel arrangements supplied by
others. This coverage applies only if insurance was purchased within
15 days of Initial Trip Payment.
https://www.insuremytrip.com/travel-insurance-plans-coverages/financial-default-coverage/
Posted by
Seattle, WA, USA ☔️
6788 posts
Apparently one of WOW Air's planes was repossessed in Montreal last night. Plane was leased from an Irish company, who hasn't been paid, and they seem to want their two A321s back.
Circling the drain, it appears to be.
Posted by
OP
Freedonia
14980 posts
Flights are now being cancelled. It doesn't look good.
Posted by
Edmonds, WA 🌨 ☂
11176 posts
https://ifn.news/posts/wow-air-cancels-several-flights-following-aircraft-repossessions/
Report indicates 2 planes now repossessed and fleet is down to 9 planes
And yet one can go to their site and book tickets for trips as far ahead as Feb 2020.....?????
Posted by
Alsenborn, Germany
864 posts
World of Warcraft has an airline?
Posted by
Almost Heaven
2945 posts
When you finally get to your destination you say, "Wow, I made it!"
Last I checked WOW passengers were stranded at airports.