Flyby Wire: June 23rd, 2013
Welcome to the sixth issue of The Work This Week, a weekly roundup of new advertising, identity, and brand experience work from around the airline industry. This week, it’s the annual Cannes issue! Who won? Who lost? Who got blackout drunk and passed out on la Croisette? It’s all here! Except for “who lost” and “who got drunk,” because we keep things classy.
Advertising
- We missed this last week, but it’s charming so we’ll post it anyway. Air Malta evokes the spirit of its home islands with candles on a beach. Agency: BRND WGN, Naxxar
- Malaysia Airlines launches a new campaign under the theme line “Journeys Are Made By the People You Travel With.” The campaign includes a substantial social presence. The target audience is old-school suitcases. Agency: Ogilvy & Mather, Kuala Lumpur
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A new spot from Lufthansa is only available in German, but I assume it’s something about business travellers being babies? Here comes the airplane! Agency: Kolle Rebbe, Hamburg. Source: Airline Stuff
Identity
- Southwest Airlines celebrated 25 years of sponsoring SeaWorld with a special livery named “Penguin One.”
Digital
- KLM’s Flying Blue frequent flier programme launched an elaborate game in which you can win points for finding the elusive Mr. Miles. Agency: RAPP, Paris
Experiential
- American Airlines has introduced a new nail polish to match the silver of their newly painted planes. The color, named 2 Park after the address of oneworld headquarters in New York, is available only at the manicure bar at Heathrow’s Admirals Club. Source: Jaunted (Disclosure)
Inflight
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Passengers on a KLM flight to São Paulo on Friday were treated to inflight performances by members of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
Awards
This week, the Cannes International Festival of Creativity brought together people from around the world to recognize the world’s best case study videos advertising. Here are the airline campaigns that won:1
- Qantas won a gold Design Lion and was apparently a serious contender for the Grand Prix for its “Stories for Every Journey” books. We first mentioned this campaign in the very first issue of TWTW. Agency: Droga5, Sydney.
- Expedia won a gold Outdoor Lion and a bronze Design Lion for its campaign for Expedia featuring headlines spelled out of airport codes. Agency: Ogilvy, London. See the campaign
- Expedia also won a silver Film Lion for its television campaign. Agency: Ogilvy & Mather, London. Watch the spot
- Virgin Atlantic won a silver PR Lion for their Upper Class park bench stunt. Agency: Y&R, New York. See the case study video
- Abu Dhabi Airports Company won a silver Outdoor Lion for its campaign for the Abu Dhabi Air Show. Agency: Y&R, Dubai. See the poster
- Widerøe won a silver Film Lion for its television spot, “Grandpa’s Magic Trick” — my favourite of the year. Agency: McCann, Oslo.
- And it was a good year for airlines in Scandinavia, because SAS also won a bronze Film Lion for “Daddy’s Girl.” Agency: DDB, Oslo.
- Gol Linhas Aereas won a bronze Outdoor Lion for their poster on avoiding the risks of ending up in a middle seat. Agency: ALMAPBBDO, São Paulo.
- Delta Air Lines won a bronze Mobile Lion for their mobile app, Fly Delta. Agency: AKQA. See the case study video
- KLM won a bronze Cyber Lion for KLM Space. Agencies: DDB/Tribal, Amsterdam, and Rapp, Amsterdam.
Tips?
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Image credits: Cannes Lions, Widerøe, Air Malta
Updated June 26, 2013: Added link to Abu Dhabi Air Show work.
- The links to the Cannes Lions Web site are likely to disappear behind a paywall at some point in the not-too-distant future, so I have tried to include other links to the work as well. [↩]