Love the new TV ad. Must admit that my onetime regular Monday Morning commute from LBA to LHR was a much improved experience when Virgin Cabin crew were deadheading in their figure-hugging scarlet uniforms and shoes (steady – where’s my heart medicine :diablo: ).
Thank you Ladies and Congratulations SRB 🙂 .
By: Grey Area - 13th January 2009 at 11:45
I didn’t think Qantas ever had any 100’s in their fleet…123 is definitely not a QF aircraft
B747-123 c/n 20108 was delivered to American Airlines as N9669 and was registered to QANTAS as VH-EEI on 8/2/1988.
It entered service with Air Pacific, still as VH-EEI, on 1/4/1988.
By: swerve - 13th January 2009 at 11:32
Me, too. Inflight Entertainment was great, but seat pitch food etc…. was really bad also on both flight my luggage did not arrive.
So my experience with VS was not as good, maybe I will give them another try in a few years.
Flew VS LHR-NRT & back over New Year. Same as you, except for the luggage, which was on the carousel pretty damn quick. Seat pitch not great, food so-so, service not great. My partner was not impressed, & reckoned she knew why it was the cheapest non-stop UK-Japan. Landings were smooth, though, & the in-flight entertainment system was pretty good.
By: OneLeft - 13th January 2009 at 11:19
And just to show how times have changed.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=u8HNxIukhVk&feature=related
1L.
By: steve rowell - 13th January 2009 at 10:47
G-VJFK, 747-238B, 20842, ex QFA VH-EBH
G-VLAX, 747-238B, 20921, ex QFA VH-EBI
G-VMIA, 747-123, 20108, ex QFA VH-EEIWould be nice to still see then in Virgin Atlantic colours 🙂
I didn’t think Qantas ever had any 100’s in their fleet…123 is definitely not a QF aircraft
By: Ren Frew - 13th January 2009 at 10:38
The first 2 were G-VIRG and G-VGIN and were ex-Aerolineas Argentinas and ex-Alitalia. I am not aware of any Virgin aircraft ever having been ex-Qantas.
Any word on the company wires of another special birthday livery Wys ?
By: wysiwyg - 13th January 2009 at 09:23
The first 2 were G-VIRG and G-VGIN and were ex-Aerolineas Argentinas and ex-Alitalia. I am not aware of any Virgin aircraft ever having been ex-Qantas.
By: cloud_9 - 10th January 2009 at 11:09
The word plagiarism comes to mind
Or just a very clever marketing gimmick…;)
By: steve rowell - 9th January 2009 at 23:10
And now a more serious one (note the similarity to the old BA ad that has already been posted!):
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=tyzGS0dWo1Q&NR=1
The word plagiarism comes to mind
By: cloud_9 - 9th January 2009 at 21:21
Me, too. Inflight Entertainment was great, but seat pitch food etc….
I have to agree Lawstud. I flew with VS last year between LHR-LAX whilst on my trip to Hawaii. Both flights were on Airbus A340-600 type aircraft; outbound flight was in old config and I thought that was great, but inbound flight had new config, which I really didnt like.
As for airline TV ads (what a great thread idea!), how about a few of these:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=iaQpZFqrQeA
(Perhaps Ryanair could learn a few more tips of how to rip-off pax from this ad!:D:diablo:)
And also how about two from Silverjet…
First up, quite a funny one: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ErWwNyzQS-A&feature=related
And now a more serious one (note the similarity to the old BA ad that has already been posted!):
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=tyzGS0dWo1Q&NR=1
By: Flying-forever - 7th January 2009 at 18:10
Luv this Ad, it just shows what its all about
i really cant wait to fly virgin
By: KabirT - 7th January 2009 at 16:56
Brilliant thread!!
The VS ad is brilliant!!! The BA ad brings childhood memories. 🙂
i will add this one to the list too…
By: paul the wall - 7th January 2009 at 15:20
I thought I’d give this a post as well http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_i3iX6ozvI
Enjoy!!:):)
By: Bmused55 - 7th January 2009 at 07:59
Was only a matter of time before the 1989 BA Ad was brought up.
Splendid stuff that
By: steve rowell - 7th January 2009 at 07:48
I don’t think you’ll ever beat these two
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=jxs106rp5RQ
By: Lawstud - 7th January 2009 at 07:19
Very good ad and enjoyed the nostalgic theme a lot. However I was distinctly underwhelmed by VS when I flew with them in 07.
Me, too. Inflight Entertainment was great, but seat pitch food etc…. was really bad also on both flight my luggage did not arrive.
So my experience with VS was not as good, maybe I will give them another try in a few years.
Off-topic:
Did anybody here has heard the rumor of VS getting A330s ?
By: B77W - 7th January 2009 at 01:36
The new Qantas A380 TV ad is pretty good too, I just spotted it on TV minutes ago. Somwehat reminiscent of the days when BA would advertise their new ‘Concorde’ services…
Yeah I saw it the other day, another great Ad…
Let the trend continue!
Has anyone seen EK’s new add? I thought that was rather nice too.
EDIT: Not that new apparently (all though i’ve only ever seen it once, and that was this month).
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=JzFsakK6Hng&feature=related
I think it sells Dubai more than EK, but great none-the-less. (Or maybe that was the idea, they’re many quotes out there saying, ‘The future of EK is Dubai, and the future of Dubai is EK’.
By: Ren Frew - 7th January 2009 at 01:27
The new Qantas A380 TV ad is pretty good too, I just spotted it on TV minutes ago. Somwehat reminiscent of the days when BA would advertise their new ‘Concorde’ services…
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=7JDcpGTFwOs&feature=channel
And who remembers this one…?
By: tomfellows - 6th January 2009 at 23:38
Very good ad and enjoyed the nostalgic theme a lot. However I was distinctly underwhelmed by VS when I flew with them in 07.
By: keltic - 6th January 2009 at 22:17
Will I find those girls in my next flights? :diablo: RED HOT
By: cal900 - 6th January 2009 at 16:44
A good mate (no interest in aviation) of mine was going on about this ad now I can see why.
Great stuff:cool:
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