Tag: icelandair

  • New rules on entry into Iceland come into effect on midnight tonight

    New rules on entry into Iceland come into effect on midnight tonight

    New rules on entry into Iceland come into effecto on midnight. The Directorate of Health published new quarantine instructions for visitors coming to Iceland last week. Starting on August 19, all arriving passengers will have to be tested for COVID-19 at the border, go into quarantine for 4-5 days and then get tested again, “regardless…

  • Most WOW flig­hts on schedule today as Mo­gensen tries to save the air­line

    Most WOW flig­hts on schedule today as Mo­gensen tries to save the air­line

    Almost all WOW air flights are on on schedule today as the CEO and founder Skúli Mo­gensen tries to save the air­line from bankruptcy, follow­ing the dis­soluti­on of negotiati­ons with Icelanda­ir Group yester­day. All WOW air flights from Ice­land today were on schedu­led this morn­ing except the flight to Gatwick Airport in London. That flight…

  • Icelandair stock up 6% after Indigo Partners cancel WOW air negotiations

    Icelandair stock up 6% after Indigo Partners cancel WOW air negotiations

    Shares in Icelandair Group rose by 5,8 percent yesterday, after the company announced that it had again started negotiations to acquire the Iceladic budget airline WOW air. The American private equity firm Indigo Partners, which has a controlling interest in the American Frontier Airlines and Chilean low-cost start-up JetSmart, announced this week that negotiations to…

  • Indigo Partners cancel negotiations with WOW air

    Indigo Partners cancel negotiations with WOW air

    The proposed investment of Indigo Partners in Icelandic budget airline WOW air has been cancelled. The talks started after WOW air ran into financial difficulties last year. All negotiations between WOW air and Indigo Partners have been cancelled, and WOW air has subsequently started another round of discussions with Icelandair Group. “The parties aim to…