https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/28/18285...passengers
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Icelandic low-cost airline Wow Air today announced that it has ceased operations and all flights have been canceled. In a travel alert, the airline is advising that passengers who have a scheduled flight with the airline seek “rescue fares” from other airlines, or request a refund through their credit card companies or travel insurance, if it was purchased.
“We’re just kind of like cockroaches or garbage in their eyes,” stranded passenger Bjorn Kjartansson at Boston Logan airport told a local CBS News affiliate. Kjartansson said he was booked on a Wow Air flight home to Iceland when he received multiple delay notifications before the flight (and airline) was canceled. Passengers at other airports were simply told to leave and come back later.
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Wow Air’s collapse follows a series of other sudden budget airline shutdowns in recent months. This past October, Denmark-based Primera Air abruptly ceased operations and announced plans to file for bankruptcy after experiencing delays in plane deliveries. Last month, British airline Flybmi also shut down without notice, citing inflated fuel costs and uncertainty over how it would operate in the aftermath of Brexit.