WOW air Inaugural Flight Launches West Coast Connection to Europe Starting at $99*

The ultra low-cost Icelandic airline now offers regular service from San Francisco and Los Angeles

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Jun 09, 2016, 11:00 ET

LOS ANGELES, June 9, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- WOW air, Iceland's ultra low-cost airline, kicks off its West Coast service by touching down in San Francisco today and will take off from Los Angeles on June 15^th, offering regular weekly service to Reykjavik for as low as $99*. Service from San Francisco International Airport to Iceland will be available five days a week, while service from Los Angeles International Airport will be available four days a week. In addition, WOW air offers connecting flights to 23 European destinations, such as: London, Paris, Berlin, Frankfurt, Dublin, Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Stockholm, for as low as $199* including taxes, while supplies last. WOW air will also be offering flights from Boston and Baltimore/Washington DC from $99* to Iceland and $149* to the European destinations.

"I'm thrilled to be aboard the first WOW air flight to San Francisco, and to start connecting the beautiful American west coast with Iceland and the rest of Europe at super low fares," said Skúli Mogensen, sole owner and CEO of WOW air. "The feedback so far on both our SFO and LAX flights has been fantastic and its clear that there is a lot of demand for a quality low cost offering between California and Europe on a year round basis."

WOW air announced its entry into the U.S. West Coast market in January 2016 at the same time tickets went on sale, and the demand was instantaneous with flights selling out within just 24 hours.

Launched in November 2011, WOW air now connects twenty-nine destinations across the U.S. and Europe with the Icelandic capital. WOW air's annual passenger capacity will more than double in 2016 to over 1.8 million, up from approximately 840,000 in 2015.

The California routes will be serviced by three new Airbus A330-300 aircrafts, the first wide-body planes in the WOW air fleet, which will each carry 350 passengers in a single-class configuration. Seat pitch will vary from 30 inches as standard to 34 inches at an additional charge.

For additional information and bookings please visit www.wowair.com

Notes to editors:

Skúli Mogensen is available for a limited number of in-person interviews in San Francisco on June 10 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Skúli Mogensen will host a ribbon cutting at Los Angeles International Airport on June 15, 2016 at 11:45 a.m. Pacific Standard Time for media and the inaugural flight passengers. For media interested in attending, please contact: [email protected]

Mogensen is the founder, CEO and sole-owner of WOW air and spent 20 years as an entrepreneur before setting up the airline in 2011. This included setting up OZ Communications in Montréal, then sold onto Nokia in a multi-million dollar deal. This success, combined with other initiatives such as the WOW Cyclothon, have led to Mogensen being likened to the Icelandic Richard Branson.

About WOW air

WOW air is Iceland's only low-cost airline and the most punctual. WOW air offers the lowest fares, a modern fleet with the lowest emissions and the biggest smile; this is the WOW air promise to its valuable customers. As of spring 2016, the airline will services 29 destinations across Europe and North America including Dublin, London, Paris, Berlin, and Copenhagen. Created in November 2011 by Icelandic entrepreneur Skúli Mogensen, the purple airline flies two Airbus A320 aircraft across Europe along with three Airbus A330 aircraft and six Airbus A321 aircraft that service its transatlantic routes. WOW air was ranked as the 7th best low-cost airline in Europe at the 2013, 2014 and 2015 Skytrax World Airline Awards and was the youngest airline in the top ten. For additional information and bookings please visit www.wowair.com.

For further information, images, media interview requests and/or RSVP to the Los Angeles ribbon cutting media event, please contact:

Contact:
Anna Romano, Weber Shandwick
[email protected]
310-854-8296

WOW air corporate
Svana Fridriksdóttir
VP Communications
[email protected]
354-695-9359

SAN FRANCISCO

*Based on lowest one-way fare from San Francisco U.S. to Iceland, including taxes and charges, booked on www.wowair.com. Available for travel from the U.S. on Thursdays from September 22, 2016 through December 8, 2016. Restrictions and baggage fees may apply.

*Based on lowest one-way fare from San Francisco U.S. to Amsterdam, Bristol, Paris, Copenhagen, Dublin, Frankfurt, London Gatwick and Berlin, including taxes and charges, booked on www.wowair.com. Available for travel from the U.S. on Thursdays from September 22, 2016 through December 8, 2016. Restrictions and baggage fees may apply.

*Based on lowest one-way fare from San Francisco U.S. to Stockholm, including taxes and charges, booked on www.wowair.com. Available for travel from the U.S. on Thursdays from September 22, 2016 through October 20, 2016. Restrictions and baggage fees may apply.

LOS ANGELES

*Based on lowest one-way fare from Los Angeles U.S. to Iceland, including taxes and charges, booked on www.wowair.com. Available for travel from the U.S. on Wednesdays from September 21, 2016 through December 7, 2016. Restrictions and baggage fees may apply.

*Based on lowest one-way fare from Los Angeles U.S to Amsterdam, Paris, Copenhagen, Dublin, Frankfurt, London Gatwick and Berlin, including taxes and charges, booked on www.wowair.com. Available for travel from the U.S. on Wednesdays from September 21, 2016 through December 7, 2016. Restrictions and baggage fees may apply.

*Based on lowest one-way fare from Los Angeles U.S. to Stockholm, including taxes and charges, booked on www.wowair.com. Available for travel from the U.S. on Wednesdays from September 21, 2016 through October 19, 2016. Restrictions and baggage fees may apply.

BOSTON:

*Based on lowest one-way fare from Boston U.S. to Iceland, including taxes and charges, booked on www.wowair.com. Available for travel from the U.S. on Sundays from September 11, 2016 through December 4, 2016. Restrictions and baggage fees may apply.

*Based on lowest one-way fare from Boston U.S. to Amsterdam, Bristol, Paris, Copenhagen, Dublin, Frankfurt, London Gatwick and Berlin, including taxes and charges, booked on www.wowair.com. Available for travel from the U.S. on Sundays from September 11, 2016 through December 4, 2016. Restrictions and baggage fees may apply.

*Based on lowest one-way fare from Boston U.S. to Stockholm, including taxes and charges, booked on www.wowair.com. Available for travel from the U.S. on Sundays from September 11, 2016 through October 16, 2016. Restrictions and baggage fees may apply.

BALTIMORE

*Based on lowest one-way fare from Baltimore U.S. to Iceland, including taxes and charges, booked on www.wowair.com. Available for travel from the U.S. on Tuesdays from September 13, 2016 through December 6, 2016. Restrictions and baggage fees may apply.

*Based on lowest one-way fare from Baltimore U.S. to Amsterdam, Bristol, Paris, Copenhagen, Dublin, Frankfurt, London Gatwick and Berlin, including taxes and charges, booked on www.wowair.com. Available for travel from the U.S. on Tuesdays from September 13, 2016 through December 6, 2016. Restrictions and baggage fees may apply.

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