

“The writing was on the wall but Wow just continued to let people book.”


“Wow had been in financial trouble, they had attempted to merge with Icelandair which failed,” says CNN’s Richard Quest. In March 2019, Iceland-based Wow Air, known for its wow-ingly low-priced flights between Europe and North America, abruptly shuttered and announced it was bankrupt. Wow Air had hoped that a last-minute sale or merger with a higher-profile airline would come through.
