Wow Air has expanded its network from Keflavik Airport by launching the Icelandic hub’s first non-stop flight to Asia, with the airline offering services to Delhi.
Launched today, the service will operate three times weekly using 345-seat A330-300s, with the route not only offering the first direct flight to Asia, but also provides the only low-cost option for passengers travelling between India and North America via a seamless transfer at Keflavik.
Commenting on the opening of the airport’s first ever service to Asia, Hlynur Sigurdsson, commercial director, Isavia, commented: “To date, Keflavik Airport has only had direct flights to Europe and North America.
“With 27 per cent of international visitors to Iceland coming from destinations outside of these regions, and with this market having grown by 11 per cent during the first nine months of 2018, it is great to see Wow Air expanding Keflavik’s global reach with non-stop flights to Delhi.”
Adding further to this, Sigurdsson said: “We also understand that these flights not only bring a direct connection to Asia, but we know too of the important cultural and strong relations between India and North America.
“With this being the only low-cost option for passengers between these two global regions, we are happy to support Wow Air in offering a new travel option to the six million passengers that fly between the two regions each year.”
The addition of Delhi to Keflavik’s network tops what has been another record-breaking year for the European hub.
Just under ten million passengers having passed through Keflavik Airport this year, making 2018 the ninth consecutive year of double-digit passenger growth, with traffic having grown by 12 per cent versus 2017.
Wow Air itself survived a near death experience last month before securing investment from Indigo Partners in the United States.