Keflavik-based low-cost WOW air has canceled all flights as the airline announced that it has ceased operations.
It’s been a chaotic week for the Icelandic airline as it canceled a total of 20 flights on Sunday, six on Monday and Tuesday and four on Wednesday, with multiples other delayed.
The troubled Icelandic airline was heavily in debt and has been seeking a backer for months, but l
WOW air carried over 400,000 guests in 2013. The airline’s annual passenger number grew from 2.8 million in 2017 to 3.5 million in 2018.
Several airlines share the same fate of WOW air: VLM and Skywork Airlines ceased operations last August, followed by the German arm of Small Planet, Azur Air and Primera Air. Most recently, leisure carrier Germania and British regional airline Flybmi ceased ops this year.