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WOW air cuts fares to launch Stansted-JFK route
WOW air is bringing back its £99 fares to launch its daily London Stansted to JFK flghts in April.
Fares are now on sale for the new route, via Reykjavik, for £24 less than the actual cost of the taxes on the route.
"Air Passenger Duty in the UK is one of the highest in the world and we would love to change this. These low fares make a statement and allow our passengers to fly affordably," said CEO and founder Skuli Mogensen.
WOW air already operates a daily flight from Stansted to Newark Liberty International Airport and will be increasing this to 13 per week from May 29.
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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