9 Apr 2019Pilots and aircraft maintenance technicians, who worked for the bankrupt Icelandic airline WOW, are actively searching for jobs, mainly abroad.
1 Apr 2019The credit card service company Valitor warns consumers of scammers, who in the wake of the bankruptcy of WOW Air last week have been calling customers, asking for their credit card information.
29 Mar 2019Jobs connected to the flight industry and travel services in Iceland will reduce by two to three thousand following the bankruptcy of WOW air. Included are around one thousand people directly working for the airline.
28 Mar 2019 Many WOW passengers are waiting at the WOW headquarters in Katrínartún in Reykjavik and are worried that they won't be able to leave Iceland.
28 Mar 2019 "I will never forgive myself for not taking action sooner as it's evident that WOW was an amazing airline and we were on the right track to do great things again," wrote WOW air CEO and owner Skúli Mogensen in a letter to his staff this morning.
28 Mar 2019WOW air are bankrupt. All flights are cancelled and passengers should check flights with other airlines through the Icelandic transport authority.
26 Mar 2019Last night creditors and investors of WOW air met for the third time. The aim was to secure enough signatures to secure a deal to exchange their financial claims against WOW air into shares that amount to 49 percent ownership.
25 Mar 2019Icelandair Group has decided that its possible involvement in WOW air’s operations, as announced on 20 March 2019, will not materialize. Therefore, all discussions between the parties have been cancelled.
22 Mar 2019The proposed investment of Indigo Partners LLC ("Indigo Partners") in WOW air has been cancelled by Indigo Partners. Therefore, all negotiations between WOW air and Indigo Partners have been cancelled.
5 Dec 2018 A group of people from investment company Indigo Partners are currently in Iceland to discuss the possible acquisition of WOW air with its directors. One of them is Bill Frankie, one of the founders of Indigo Partners and self-crowned king of low cost airlines.
29 Nov 2018Icelandair group will not be purchasing WOW air and have cancelled a purchase agreement signed on November 5th. This was a mutual agreement by both airlines. Staff of WOW air have been asked to attend a staff meeting at 10 am this morning.