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Old 04-15-2016 | 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by David Puddy
WOW Airlines (advised by Ben Baldanza - former Spirit CEO) is a new and fast growing LCC based in Iceland that is now using A321s and soon A330s to connect Europe to the U.S. through Reykjavik. I have seen the A321s at BWI and A330s will soon serve both LAX and SFO. Something like 95% of their pilots are Polish and Eastern European because there aren't enough Icelandic pilots to fly the airplanes.

Should we shut them out too?

You seem to know a lot about all these new startups. How are they funded? Are they getting gov't subsidies like the ME airlines are?
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