The airline based in Iceland will be expanding to San Francisco and Los Angeles this June and will be offering introductory fares of only $99 each way to and fro Iceland.
WOW is a low-cost transatlantic airline that will be offering five-day-a-week flights from San Francisco starting June 9 while it will be offering four flights a week to Los Angeles by June 15. Connecting flights, on the other hand, are available to 21 European destinations.
"This is a game changer for WOW air, and arguably the travel industry, making travel to Iceland and other European countries both easy and affordable from California," CEO Skúli Mogensen, founder of WOW, said in a statement. Mogensen is a tech entrepreneur who founded WOW in 2011.
S.F. and L.A. both represent the fifth and sixth North American destinations for WOW, respectively. Aside from these two additions, WOW already has flights to Boston; Washington, D.C.; Montreal; and Toronto.
The aircraft used for the California routes will the considered as the "first wide-body planes in the WOW fleet - new Airbus A330-300 aircraft". These jets have a capacity to carry 340 passengers in a single-class configuration. WOW said that "the seat pitch will be 30 inches, with extra legroom (a pitch of 34 inches) for an additional fee."
If you wish to avail of the $99 seat introductory fare, you can do so by logging in to their website - www.Wowair.com. This seat comes with a free carry-on baggage weighing less than 11 pounds. Additional fees are applicable for carry-on bags that weigh more than 11 pounds and for all checked baggage.
In 2005, Icelandair started offering two weekly nonstops from SFO to Reykjavik. Unfortunately, the service was discontinued after 17 months.
Travellers who wish to travel to other European countries still have the option to continue their trip with WOW airline. The destinations for these European countries include Paris, London, Frankfurt, Berlin, Dublin, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, and Stockholm. The seat fare for these palces start as as $199 one way. This already includes taxes and with a short one-hour stopover in Iceland.
