WOW air is canceling dozens of flights just days after airlines/wow-loses-key-investor.html” target=”_self” rel=”nofollow noopener noreferrer”>losing a key investor in Indigo Partners.
According to the U.K.’s Mirror, the Icelandic budget carrier’s Monday morning flight from London Gatwick to Reykjavik was one of the routes impacted.
WOW Air released a list of other impacted flights through Thursday.
Unsurprisingly, the last-minute cancellations sparked some angry responses from passengers on Twitter.
@wow_air @wowairsupport Why won’t you give some clear answers? You are grounding flights left right and centre and keeping our flight as “delayed”? For 13 hours and 15 minutes?? Chances of it actually taking off at midnight? #wowair pic.twitter.com/R8k65h3f7C
— Aisling O’Sullivan (@Shaisling) March 25, 2019
Looks like #wowair will be gone by the end of the day. All but one of their current flights in the air are returning to @kefairport pic.twitter.com/QOeGph1WnW
— flylikelinz (@flylikelinz) March 25, 2019
The news comes just after Indigo Partners canceled its proposed investment in the struggling airline, prompting WOW Air to enter talks with rival Icelandair Group.
However, those conversations also came up short. “Icelandair Group has decided that its possible involvement in WOW Air’s operations, as announced on March 20, 2019, will not materialize,” the carrier announced Sunday. “Therefore, all discussions between the parties have ended.”
WOW Air subsequently announced that bond holders and other creditors were in advance discussions to reach a solution.
“A majority of WOW Air Bond Holders and other creditors of WOW Air are in advance discussions with the aim of reaching an agreement on a voluntary restructuring including an agreement of converting current debt into equity and fund the company towards long term sustainability.”
All of this comes just months after the airline revealed plans to airlines/wow-air-cuts-service-to-four-major-us-cities.html” target=”_self” rel=”nofollow noopener noreferrer”>eliminate service to multiple major U.S. cities and even sell some of its aircraft in an effort to keep the lights on. Given WOW Air’s current state, passengers have reason to be wary of booking with the ultra-low-cost carrier.
