Could Indigo Partners’ WOW Stake Raise Long-Haul Low-Cost Credibility?

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When Icelandair walked away from a deal to take over local rival WOW Air at the end of November, the stage appeared to be set: It would be only a matter of time before WOW, a fast-growing low-cost long-haul carrier in dire financial straits, collapsed and disappeared from the transatlantic market...
Jens Flottau

Based in Frankfurt, Germany, Jens is executive editor and leads Aviation Week Network’s global team of journalists covering commercial aviation.

Kerry Reals

Kerry Reals is a UK-based aviation journalist with 15 years’ experience covering all aspects of the airline and aerospace sector for a variety of industry publications. She is a freelance contributor to Aviation Week & Space Technology, Aviation Daily and Air Transport World, focusing on the European airline industry, with an emphasis on how the sector is working to improve sustainability and reduce its carbon footprint.

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