Wow Air to operate new Dublin-Reykjavik year-round service from summer 2015

The new route, the first scheduled service between the two cities, launches on 2 June 2015 and will operate Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, using either an Airbus A320 or A319 aircraft. The flight time will be around two hours 20 minutes. Flights will depart Keflavik Airport at 06.20 arriving in Dublin at 09.40, while the return flight will depart Dublin at 12.10, arriving Keflavik at 13.35.

Tickets for the service will go on sale later today.

Wow, which started flying in May 2012, is a low-cost carrier that currently operates 16 routes from its home base at Keflavik Airport in Iceland. The airline carried more than 400,000 passengers last year and is expected to have more than 700,000 passengers in 2014.

“Wow Air’s core mission is to lower airfares wherever we go,” said the airline’s chief executive and founder Skúli Mogensen. “Given Ireland and Iceland’s close ties, I know that there will be a lot of people using this opportunity to visit each other.”

“We’re sure there will be strong demand for this new route, as Iceland has been growing in popularity as a leisure destination in recent years and Dublin has a long track record as a popular charter destination for Icelandic visitors,” said Dublin Airport managing director Vincent Harrison.

Harrison said the agreement to operate a Dublin service follows two years of regular contact between Wow Air and senior executives from Dublin Airport. “Dublin has been on Wow Air’s radar as a potential destination since shortly after the airline commenced operations and we look forward to working closely with Wow and other stakeholders to help grow this new service.”