A Wow plane on the tarmac of Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport, north of Paris, on Aug. 6, 2018.JOEL SAGET/Getty Images
Vancouverites looking for low-cost flights to Iceland will soon have a new option when discount airline Wow Air adds a route out of the West Coast.
The announcement, which stacks more competition onto a crowded market, means passengers can soon fly out of Vancouver International Airport to Reykjavik, the island nation’s capital, six days a week.
The airline says one-way fares start at $129 for flights beginning in June, and are available for purchase as of today.
Wow Air will now be battling bigger rival Icelandair for B.C. passengers, and is part of a broader trend of upstart budget carriers in Canada, including WestJet’s Swoop – the ultra-low-cost airline launched four months ago – and Air Canada’s Rouge.
The airline, which already operates out of Toronto and Montreal, recently announced it will end service to three cities in the U.S. Midwest: Cincinnati, Cleveland and St. Louis.
Wow Air says Reykjavik will also serve as a stopover for Canadian passengers en route to and from New Delhi, Tel Aviv and various European cities.