T5B your new operator: virgin.
Aug 26, 2014, 5:47 am
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T5B your new operator: virgin.
This must have been posted before so mods please do move if my search abilities have failed me again.
Anyway. Trundling through t5b after a pleasant hour with 3 fellow fters in gf and the adverts in t5b down near the high 30 gates are all for virgin upper class. Made me chuckle! Im now hiding in 3e on a 787, nice space to the side of the seat i must say. Not that it is on topic but there you go, i'm a repressed rebel.
Anyway. Trundling through t5b after a pleasant hour with 3 fellow fters in gf and the adverts in t5b down near the high 30 gates are all for virgin upper class. Made me chuckle! Im now hiding in 3e on a 787, nice space to the side of the seat i must say. Not that it is on topic but there you go, i'm a repressed rebel.
Aug 26, 2014, 6:09 am
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Where better for VS to advertise than in T5. Its where the competition is.
I remember when VS introduced their new Upper Class seats - they displayed in the middle of T4, then the home of BA pre-T5.
You dont market to the converted. You market to the uncoverted; especially after BA's sufficiently annoys them courtesy of Heathrow Airport Limited
I remember when VS introduced their new Upper Class seats - they displayed in the middle of T4, then the home of BA pre-T5.
You dont market to the converted. You market to the uncoverted; especially after BA's sufficiently annoys them courtesy of Heathrow Airport Limited
Last edited by KenJohn; Aug 26, 2014 at 6:14 am
Aug 26, 2014, 7:14 am
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Aug 26, 2014, 8:14 am
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I've no issue seeing these Virgin ads; every time I waft up the elevators (I confess the champers in the lounge does give me wind) I am more than happy to know I won't have to endure Virgin's flighty service, and running out of things mid-flight - not to mention that awful converter bed and their pensionable fleet of cast off aircraft, dressed up with glitter like some sort of a Soho tart.
Aug 26, 2014, 2:43 pm
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Aug 26, 2014, 2:59 pm
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Aug 26, 2014, 3:10 pm
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...I've no issue seeing these Virgin ads; every time I waft up the elevators (I confess the champers in the lounge does give me wind) I am more than happy to know I won't have to endure Virgin's flighty service, and running out of things mid-flight - not to mention that awful converter bed and their pensionable fleet of cast off aircraft, dressed up with glitter like some sort of a Soho tart.
Aug 26, 2014, 3:28 pm
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My favourite VS add (in T4, I think) during the cat-fight years, and when they offered an in-flight massage, was "BA don't give a shiatsu".
Aug 26, 2014, 3:30 pm
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And here it is...http://www.adforum.com/creative-work/ad/player/12048
Aug 26, 2014, 3:45 pm
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As an aside, VS has parted company with its long-standing ad agency RKCR/Y&R:
http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/13...-ads-rkcr-y-r/
To be honest, I suspect there are now other airlines/groups to keep BA awake at night more than VS. Arguably, one of the most overlooked aviation stories is how wildly divergent the financial performance of BA and VS has been in recent years, when both airlines are exposed to the same market conditions.
http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/13...-ads-rkcr-y-r/
To be honest, I suspect there are now other airlines/groups to keep BA awake at night more than VS. Arguably, one of the most overlooked aviation stories is how wildly divergent the financial performance of BA and VS has been in recent years, when both airlines are exposed to the same market conditions.
Aug 26, 2014, 3:48 pm
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Reminds me, a few weeks ago when sitting in T5 F Lounge someone who was the spitting image of Richard Branson sat down opposite, myself and the lady seated beside me exchanged glances and joked about him possibly being lost. Illusion was broken when he started talking into his phone with an American accent… 
Aug 26, 2014, 4:15 pm
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As an aside, VS has parted company with its long-standing ad agency RKCR/Y&R:
http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/13...-ads-rkcr-y-r/
http://www.brandrepublic.com/news/13...-ads-rkcr-y-r/
Aug 26, 2014, 4:39 pm
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Personally I don't see how the subject heading corellates to your topic of discussion