Iceland’s low-cost airline, Wow Air have announced new flights from Cork to Reykjavik with onward connections to major US and Canadian cities of New York, Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Miami, Washington DC, Montreal and Toronto.
The new flights will begin in May 2017.
Wow Air
Wow Air
Wow air said it will operate direct scheduled flights to Reykjavik Iceland from Cork Airport four times per week – Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday – with the inaugural flight on May 19.
Flights are already available to book with a weekend return flight from Cork to New York next May priced at €430.
The new service to Iceland will allow Irish passengers connect to WOW air’s transatlantic services in Reykjavik, with flights to major US and Canadian cities of New York, Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Miami, Washington DC, Montreal and Toronto.
Announcing the addition of Cork Airport to the airlines expanding route network today, Skúli Mogensen, founder and CEO of WOW air said: “We are delighted to add Cork Airport to the WOW air route network today. We’re keen to expand our services from Ireland and are delighted to offer further choice and value in travel through our expansion in Cork.”
“As a significant business and leisure hub in Ireland, we have ambitious targets for our Cork services and we look forward to working with Niall and the team in Cork Airport to develop these exciting new routes,” he said.
The Cork routes will be serviced by A320/A321 aircraft.
Niall MacCarthy, Managing Director at Cork Airport said: “We’re absolutely delighted to welcome WOW air to Cork as our latest airline partner. The new service is fantastic news for outbound and inbound visitors, especially as it will offer very affordable transatlantic travel here, the US and Canada.”
