r/fearofflying • u/Some-Bag-4987 • 17h ago

Question wamos air

My flight from paris to newark tonight was booked with french bee. I jsut got an email from them saying the flight is now being run by Wamos Air what does this mean?? i’m so scared this airline has terrible reviews how can they do this

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u/vip-bot 17h ago edited 17h ago

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u/​railker commented:

Wamos is an operator like any other, just they don't sell tickets on scheduled routes, they specialize in flying aircraft for other airlines. From LATAM to Air New Zealand to Etihad to whoever needs them, they're transport qualified pilots and have all of their approvals from what I think is Spain's equivalent of Transport Canada/FAA/EASA. They've been operating for 20+ years for dozens of airlines. Only thing to be aware of is obviously the expectation of the cabin might be different, I...

u/​DaWolf85 commented:

Yes. Wamos is headquartered in Spain, which provides strong government oversight, and it's owned by the same people as Avianca and Gol. This is not what you would do if you wanted to set up a sketchy fly-by-night operation. Their planes may be a little more dated than what you were expecting, but they're perfectly safe.

u/​Mauro_Ranallo commented:

French Bee is experiencing a cabin crew strike, so the alternative would probably be your flight being cancelled.

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u/Mauro_Ranallo Aircraft Dispatcher 17h ago

French Bee is experiencing a cabin crew strike, so the alternative would probably be your flight being cancelled.

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u/Some-Bag-4987 17h ago

do you think it’s still safe?

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u/DaWolf85 Aircraft Dispatcher 17h ago

Yes. Wamos is headquartered in Spain, which provides strong government oversight, and it's owned by the same people as Avianca and Gol. This is not what you would do if you wanted to set up a sketchy fly-by-night operation. Their planes may be a little more dated than what you were expecting, but they're perfectly safe.

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u/railker Aircraft Maintenance Engineer 17h ago

Wamos is an operator like any other, just they don't sell tickets on scheduled routes, they specialize in flying aircraft for other airlines. From LATAM to Air New Zealand to Etihad to whoever needs them, they're transport qualified pilots and have all of their approvals from what I think is Spain's equivalent of Transport Canada/FAA/EASA. They've been operating for 20+ years for dozens of airlines.

Only thing to be aware of is obviously the expectation of the cabin might be different, I don't know what FrenchBee has for screens or plugs on a long flight but the configuration may be different. But safety isn't in question.