Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- airline
- Country
- Iceland
- Headquarters
- Reykjavík
- Official website
- www.wowair.com
- Image
- WOW air, TF-BRO, Airbus A320-232 (27839059423) (2).jpg
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- item operated
- Airbus A320 family
- inception
- 2012-01-01
- Commons category
- WOW Air
- IATA airline designator
- WW
- ICAO airline designator
- WOW
- airline hub
- Keflavík Airport
- start of work period
- 2011-11-00
- airline accounting code
- 377
- end time
- 2019-03-28
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2019-03-28
- social media followers
- 30137
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Encyclopedic overview
FoundedNovember 2011 Commenced operations31 May 2012 Ceased operations28 March 2019 HubsKeflavík International Airport Fleet size10 Destinations27 Key peopleSkúli Mogensen (CEO and founder) Employees1,000 Websitewowair.com
Wow Air, stylized as WOW air, was an Icelandic ultra low-cost carrier operating between 2012 and 2019. The airline was headquartered in Reykjavík and based at Keflavík International Airport. It flew between Iceland and the rest of Europe and North America, and also flew to India as part of a wider plan to expand in Asia. The airline abruptly ceased operations on 28 March 2019, when its operating company WOW air hf. went out of business.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “WOW air” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.