Icelandic low-cost carrier PLAY has collapsed, halting all flights and leaving hundreds of passengers stranded at destination airports.
PLAY was born in 2021 from the ashes of WOW, another Icelandic LCC that also collapsed in a similar way in 2019.
Passengers who had booked flights with PLAY relieved a message earlier today saying “Fly PLAY has ceased operations, and all flights have been cancelled.”
The airline said it could not offer any help to stranded passengers but advised other airlines may be able to offer “rescue fares” to get them home.
It is estimated that almost 2,000 passengers due to fly today will have been affected.
In 2024 PLAY said it carried 1.6 million passengers but made significant losses, which CEO Einar Orn Olafsson said was down to unfavourable trading conditions such as exchange rates and extended aircraft maintenance downtime.
The airline has a fleet of 10 aircraft made up of A320neo and A321neo aircraft.
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