Where Are People Finding These Super Cheap Flights?
- Jonathan Mendez
- Aug 29, 2018
- 2 min read
If you've overheard someone in the past couple of years talking about their incredible trip to Europe that only cost $300 round trip, and wondered why you never get that lucky, this is the article for you. The thing is, it's not about luck when it comes to finding cheap flights. It's all about knowing where to look, and these are the places you should start.
WOW Air, an Icelandic Carrier, as well as Norwegian Air Shuttle, from Norway, are the two most prevalent transatlantic long haul airlines that come to mind when talking about low fares. Over the last few months both airlines, emphasis on WOW Air have increased or proposed new routes across the Atlantic as well as Fleet size.
Last August, WOW expanded it's service offering flights leaving from various new locations in the US including Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, Detroit, Cincinnati, and Saint Louis. Skúli Mogensen, Back when the destinations were added, CEO and Founder of WOW air stated “We are very excited to bring our flight services to four new Midwest destinations". This Expansion has proven critical to WOW Air's success. Not only have they increased destinations between Iceland and the United States, but they also increased destinations from Iceland into Europe, and as far as New Delhi (beginning December of 2018). Therefore, bringing their total destinations from Reykjavík to 47 Destinations. Unique to WOW Air, since all their flights connect in Iceland, when booking, it allows you to customize an itinerary that allows you to explore Iceland for up to five days without an extra charge! WOW Air often has flight deals that go as low as $99 one way to Iceland! That's a deal you don't want to miss!
Norwegian Air Shuttle flies to 22 destinations (transatlantic) with a fleet size of 18. Combining their long-haul service with short haul flights helps the airline reach hundreds of destinations. If you book with Norwegian, you also have the option to book a connecting flight EasyJet and WestJet. The partnership was created to increase connection options for passengers. From 2015-2017, Norwegian Air Shuttle was named the World's Best Low-Cost Long Haul Airline by Skytrax World Airline Awards. Norwegian, has concurrent deals to various destinations throughout the year.
So there it is. Take a look at these airlines next time you consider planning a trip abroad. Make sure to visit back for specific travel deals soon!
Happy Flying!
Thank you! You are correct on that, check back for future articles on the effects of when government subsidize airfare!
Nice post! Could the low flight prices have something to do with governments wanting to increase tourism too?