TRAVEL STANDSTILL: The budget airline WOW Air collapsed due to financial problems, leaving people stranded across two continents.
Icelandic budget airline WOW Air collapsed under its financial problems on Thursday, leading it to ground planes and leave passengers stranded across two continents.
WOW grounded at least six planes in North America that were set to leave late Wednesday from Montreal, Toronto, Boston, Detroit, New York and Baltimore. "We are trying to figure out how to get home," he told The Associated Press. "We live in Boston, Massachusetts. We've got to work tomorrow morning — so don't really think that is going to happen."
Jamey Fierce, 62, from Toronto, sat at one of the Berlin airport's coffee shops trying to figure out an affordable route to get home, thinking that maybe he could book a flight via Lisbon.Tourism is Iceland's largest industry and WOW's disappearance is set to have an effect on this summer's high season.
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