Smile (Mid-2000s/Russian Federation)
This ad campaign was made after Aeroflot adopted its latest corporate image with the slogan "Sincerely yours, Aeroflot", a refreshed color scheme, logo, uniforms, etc. A traveller arrives in a new city and discovers that the world around him has a very friendly face. With the help of a fellow YouTuber, the author took the liberty of adding English subtitles.
Added: 55 days ago by
spewqueen
Time: 00:29
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Little things (Mid-2000s/Republic of Ireland)
On this commercial, Aer Lingus calls itself a low-fare airline... but takes pride in offering airports close to the cities, assigned seating among other things. It is quite obvious they are comparing themselves to the other Irish low-fare airline! Now that's what people call a real airline, not a low-cost airline.
Added: 55 days ago by
spewqueen
Time: 00:37
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You are home!
Here is a very emotional commercial from the times when Aer Lingus was a full-service airline flying Boeing 737s and Boeing 747s, which are extensively shown on this video. The soundtrack is a high-pitch version of "Gabriel's Oboe" from The Mission movie soundtrack.
Added: 55 days ago by
spewqueen
Time: 01:00
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Where is everybody? (1994/Great Britain)
This is a very bright, mysterious and funny commercial. Watch what happens when a man wakes up and finds out he's the only person left in town, in an eerie pastiche of the 1985 movie The Quiet Earth... You'll be pleasantly surprised!
Added: 55 days ago by
spewqueen
Time: 01:31
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Space (Late 1990s/Great Britain)
Presumably on the International Space Station, a U.S. astronaut turns to his Russian cosmonaut to express much disdain about the space food. What happens on the British shuttle, docked nearby, is a whole different story. It's a posh atmosphere with strawberries, a cricket game on the television, and classical music. It happens to be British Airways' signature song, "Viens, Mallika" (colloquially known as the "Flower Duet").
Added: 55 days ago by
spewqueen
Time: 00:30
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Global face (1990/Great Britain)
This is possibly one of the best-known British Airways commercials, directed by Hugh Hudson. A group of swimmers in red arrive on the shore, while a group in blue comes from the city, and a group in white is on a field. "Every year, the World's Favourite Airline brings 24 million people together", the announcer says, while people from around the world embrace. The last frame shown above this description does not give justice to the beauty of this commercial's ending. The music is Malcolm McLaren's "Aria on Air", which resembles both Yanni's "Aria" and the so-called "Flower Duet". Perhaps this commercial was so beautiful and is so well-known that in 2007, it was spoofed in a Silverjet TV commercial directed by none other than Hugh Hudson again!
Added: 55 days ago by
spewqueen
Time: 01:31
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Manhattan Landing (1983/Great Britain)
This commercial was ahead of its time when it first aired in 1983. Borrowing from the sci-fi movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind, it features what appears to be an air traffic control centre guiding an aircraft, callsign "Manhattan", for approach and landing at Heathrow. Except that it's not your regular aircraft. It's actually... Manhattan. You'll see why.
Added: 55 days ago by
spewqueen
Time: 01:01
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India (Mid-2000s/Great Britain)
This is a charming image campaign, presumably aimed at the Indian market. Random British people go on with their lives. Out of the blue, realizing that their hand gestures almost mimic the gesture already, they do the traditional Indian greeting (Namaste) to the camera, while an appropriately modified version of the "Flower Duet" plays. This is both charming and respectful!
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spewqueen
Time: 00:30
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The British (1999/Great Britain)
P.J. O'Rourke, a U.S. political satirist, is an unforgettable figure in this award-winning commercial that makes fun of the British. Many stereotypes are depicted such as the cup of tea, cricket and curry. Where does this all lead to? That foreigners still love the British, to the extent that they made of British Airways "The World's Favourite Airline"! The boastful melody in the background is an excerpt of "Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity" from Gustav Holst's The Planets.
Added: 55 days ago by
spewqueen
Time: 01:02
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Landing in Las Vegas
During my trip in Las Vegas last year I took the opportunity to rent a Cessna 182 and fly around; there was a very strong wind that day but was a very nice flight indeed ...
Added: 56 days ago by
Giandalf
Time: 01:07
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Expanding (Mid-2000s/United States)
Jack the Rabbit naively asks Larry the Lynx if it's true he is expanding. Turns out it's only Frontier that is expanding... or is it?
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spewqueen
Time: 00:30
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Shadow (2005/Argentina)
This is another award-winning commercial showing that with a lot of imagination, it is possible to not only catch a plane but also build something grand.
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spewqueen
Time: 01:58
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Rome (2003/Argentina)
On this ad from the same campaign, Jose writes from Rome and announces that he's particularly happy to do the Buenos Aires-Sydney run for a very special reason. The English subtitles were added by yours truly.
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spewqueen
Time: 01:28
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Paris (2003/Argentina)
This ad is part of an award-winning campaign portraying the adventures of Jose, Aerolineas pilot, as seen by his mother, who reads his postcards to the people of a small village. The ad is in Spanish with English subtitles.
Added: 56 days ago by
spewqueen
Time: 01:37
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History (2001/Argentina)
In this emotional commercial, Aerolineas relives many important moments. It concludes that, after being on the verge of ceasing operations permanently, it's back to life (following its acquisition by Grupo Marsans). The English subtitles were added by yours truly. Thanks to an airodyssey.net visitor, Mariano, here is a list of the historical moments:
Argentina being "the biggest barn in the world"
the immigration in Argentina, particularly after WWII
Pepe Biondi, renowned Argentine comedian
the new aircraft (Boeing 707, Boeing 737-200, de Havilland Comet 4)
the Buenos Aires province floods of 1983
Oscar Bonavena (boxer), Juan Manuel Fangio (F1 racer), Guillermo Vilas (tennis player), Carlos Monzón (boxer)
Jorge Luis Borges, renowned writer and César Milstein, Physiology or Medicine Nobel Prize 1984
the exchange rate of the US Dollar being favorable to Argentines, who would go to Miami to buy "videogames, teddies, etc."
the soldiers coming home after the Falklands War of 1982
Added: 56 days ago by
spewqueen
Time: 01:15
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