Indeed, I have seen this advert countless number of times on TV, and I personally think that it is/was one of the best adverts around. And yes, whilst it does hark back to the past, it does so for a very good reason…to help celebrate an important milestone (25 years!). And the slogan “Still red hot” was genius…it makes people like me think something on the lines of “I wonder if they’ll still be red hot in another 25 years time?”, and for me that is a rather exciting prospect to look forward to.
Sorry that advert made them out to be what they are chav airlines Look everybody we got Red uniforms ,so what and they had to go back to 1984 to make themselves look better than everyone else because they cant compete in the real world
BA is/are not using this latest campaign to help them celebrate an important milestone, and as I have said before, their advert does not provide me with half as much enthusiasm or an exciting prospect to look forward to!
BA are celebrating their Heritage and that they aren’t a chav airlines like the many ones that are about these day
Of course its “initiative” because it helps to get attention, and gets people interested in flying on that particular route. So what if SRB dresses up and makes a bit of a scene, it certainly attracts more attention than what BA could ever attract for a route launch!
I think you will find that WW has more respect for himself ,the airline and his passengers and BA doesn’t need Gimmicks to promote its routes
Richard Branson the MOL of Heathrow
Care to back that up with some evidence…?
Last I heard, there has been expressions of interest from Delta (SkyTeam), or if anything comes about of the possible accquisition of bmi from Lufthansa (Star Alliance), or they might just end up forming a brand new alliance altogether, which may include the likes of a carrier such as Etihad Airways, so I think the chances of them joining an alliance is almost gaurenteed!
What Alliance are they a member of ,NONE when every major British carrier is a members of an alliance it is especially telling when an airline who has a major stake in Virgin wont invite them to the Star alliance, In fact Singapore have been quite open and willing to let their shares go but no one will take up their offer Why,s That?
they only way VS will get into an Alliance is to start it own and it will still be what it is, small fry trying to compete with the big boys
Clearly I must be suffering from a sense of humour failure because I am struggling to see what’s so funny about it, but anywho…?
This will have been done for a good reason, and it will be a decision that is not taken lightly. Naturally, it is in every airline’s best interests to protect its revenue, but on the occasions when it is absolutely essential to do so (i.e. delay, cancellation?) they will choose to do this as they know that it would ultimately cost them much more if they chose not to.
Indeed BA does exactly the same…they’ve often used Continental on a number of occasions to help get their passengers to Houston and Newark when they have cancelled a flight, and like-wise Continental uses other major airlines when faced with the same circumstances, although this will soon become less of an issue due to the merger with United.
Let see an Airline who continual slagged off BA on Telly needing the Rival to convey their crews and passengers to LHR so that they might provide a service In fact their preferred airline at Glasgow was BMI (as it was a Star Alliance Member) but their Staff opted for BA because of the service
Oh please…that is a totally ridiculous statement to make. Virgin is in no way following in the shadows of British Airways. Ok, so Virgin might well be smaller than BA, and have fewer planes, and indeed serve fewer destinations, but that in no way makes BA a better business!
Would you care to back this up
was it not last Year ,MR B announced that VS had made a profit the year before ,Slagging off BA because it made a loss ,BUt wasn’t seen or heard off when Singapore Clearly stated that Virgin had made a large Loss, I had forgotten giving all their staff a free flight ,but paying off 400 members the next week Great Profit they made
A Better Business if it is so why aren’t the airlines clambering to Have VS in their alliances so that they can share their great Business strategy of Lying to make themselves look good
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