Play's New CEO On Iceland, Wow And The Upside Of The Boeing Crisis

Play's New CEO On Iceland, Wow And The Upside Of The Boeing Crisis

I recently spoke with Einar Örn Ólafsson, the new CEO of Iceland’s PLAY Airlines, its largest shareholder and chairman since April 2021, who took the reins just over a month ago. We discussed why he felt now was the right time to get more active in PLAY, what he sees as the prospects for Icelandic aviation growth, why the former Icelandic low-cost airline WOW failed, and the implications for airlines contending with aircraft shortages because of the Boeing crisis. An …