The summer of 2012 saw Avion Express continuing its expansion on the A320 fleet. Two aircraft were succesfully operated on behalf of startup WOW Air in Iceland. WOW Air made a dramatic entry on the lucrative Iceland market in June 2012, generating a lot of positive feedback on their fantastic product and services. WOW Air has firmly planted their feet as a major player on the Icelandic market, especially after their takeover of Iceland Express. Avion Express will continue to provide lift for WOW throughout the winter with own and leased in capacity. Early August, Avion Express also introduced its first A319 aircraft which became quite busy on the adhoc ACMI market. The introduction of the A319 is part of a new product roll out which will be launched later this year. More information on that subject will be made available within the next few weeks. Board Member and responsible for Commercial, Gardar Forberg stated that "he was very pleased with the smooth operation during the summer. The airline has continued its gradual expansion, becoming a significant entity on the european ACMI and Charter market". Managing Director, Aleksei Lupitski said that "Our strategy to focus on a reliable and flexible operation, combining it with providing a quality cabin experience by refurbishing the interiors of its aircraft seems to have paid of in light of the positive feedback we are receiving from our customers".

WOW Air operated its inaugural flight on May 31st. The Airbus 320 Aircraft LY-VEY, operated by Avion Express, flew from Keflavik Iceland to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport. Over 130 passengers, amongst other members of the Press, representatives from the Icelandic business community and other guests enjoyed a superb flight filled with entertainment of various nature such as a performance by Icelandic stand up comedian Pétur Jóhann Sigfússon. Avion Express provides two Airbus 320 aircraft to WOW on a long term contract. Managing Director, Aleksei Lupitski, congratulated WOW on their launch and wished them all the success in the future. The WOW Air product will certainly not go unnoticed in Europe with their retro theme. Cabin crew wear 60s style uniforms and the cockpit crew are fitted with World War II style bomber jackets. Initially WOW Air serve 13 destinations from Keflavik, Iceland to the mainland such as Alicante, Basel, Berlin, Cologne, Copenhagen, Krakow, London, Lyon, Paris, Stuttgart, Warsaw and Zurich. WOW Air will also serve Kaunas with bi-weekly flights starting June 11th.

Start-up Cosmo Airlines of Spain and Avion Express have entered into a cooperation agreement in the operation of Cosmo´s first Airbus 320 aircraft. The aircraft, MSN 415, was registered last Friday as LY-COS and will be operating on behalf of Cosmo Airlines out of Madrid, Spain. Mr. Antonio Alvarez, majority shareholder of Cosmo Airlines, said that the first revenue flight, an incentive flight from Madrid to Brussels, was succesfully operated only one day after the registraton of the aircraft. Mr. Alvarez furthermore stated that he was very pleased with this important milestone for Cosmo Airlines. Mr. Gardar Forberg, Board Member of Avion Express, was present during the delivery of the aircraft and stated that Avion Express is looking forward to a long and fruitful partnership with Cosmo Airlines in many different areas that will benefit both companies in the future.

Avion Express has completed its first full year of Airbus 320 operation. The first aircraft with registration marks LY-VEX was introduced on April 1st, 2011 followed by two more units LY-VEY and LY-VEZ in December 2011. During these first 12 months, the aircraft operated more than 4000 flight hours with a maintenance dispatch reliability of 99%. Mr Aleksei Lupitski, Managing Director of Avion Express, stated that he was extremely pleased with the introduction of the Airbus 320 and that the first 12 months of operation can only be described as a success story. He went on to say that he was especially pleased with the outstanding reliability of the aircraft. Avion Express is in the process of adding further Airbus 320´s this summer and will operate a total of 5 Airbus 320 and 1 A319 by July this year.