RIP, Wow Air.
Mar. 29th, 2019 11:04 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
randomnessIcelandic low-fare carrier Wow Air just stopped flying, stranding passengers on both sides of the Atlantic. The Washington Post has a story on what to do if you're stuck: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/i-have-a-wow-air-ticket-what-happens-now/2019/03/28/2bda45f0-5182-11e9-8d28-f5149e5a2fda_story.html
I'm sad about this, not because I ever had much intention of flying with them, but because when the transatlantic low-fare airlines like Laker Airways and People Express Airlines stop flying, the network carriers raise their prices.
RIP, Wow. Hope Norwegian stays in the air until the end of the summer.
I'm sad about this, not because I ever had much intention of flying with them, but because when the transatlantic low-fare airlines like Laker Airways and People Express Airlines stop flying, the network carriers raise their prices.
RIP, Wow. Hope Norwegian stays in the air until the end of the summer.
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Date: 2019-03-31 12:10 am (UTC)These things tend to come in waves. Aspiring airline owners find investors who are enthusiastic, they launch an airline, other owners find other investors, they all jump on the bandwagon.
Then the new airlines go bust, investors get scared, and no one tries this for a bit.
Then people forget, someone thinks they can make money with a new airline, they find investors, etc.
Every so often someone succeeds in building a new airline, which encourages people to think they could be that someone, too.