Air New Zealand employees strip for new ad
Air New Zealand claims it has nothing to hide. This extends from its ticket prices to its unusual decision, as seen in the ad above, to paint uniforms on its employees rather than have them wear...
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Last month, we posted the 45-second Air New Zealand spot that shows the carrier's employees naked, with painted-on uniforms, to emphasize that they have "Nothing to hide" (at least in terms of hidden...
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Air New Zealand testing ad ideas on Twitter
So, you've made some travel ads that blatantly mock the destinations you're promoting, and possibly Christianity as well. How do you know if you've crossed the line? Why, just ask Twitter! Air New...
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Air New Zealand cougar contest is grounded
You may remember Air New Zealand from when they slathered their flight staff with body paint last year. Now, their latest campaign is right on target with the apparent overall brand message: that your...
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Suggestive squirrel pitches Air New Zealand
"You can lick the crack." That's one of many risqué, "misunderstood" lines delivered by an oddly accented faux-muppet squirrel in Air New Zealand's new campaign from Auckland ad agency .99. I think...
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Snoop mixes with wrong crowd in airline ad
Air New Zealand's bug-eyed bush-baby spokescharacter, Rico, really has to go. As some observers have pointed out, bush babies aren't native to New Zealand—that would account for his lack of Kiwi...
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Richard Simmons: fit to fly Air New Zealand
Air New Zealand, whose wacky mile-high antics we've written about many times before, has scored another viral hit with this in-flight safety video featuring Richard Simmons. You may remember Air New...
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Air New Zealand Crashes and Burns With Insipid Hasselhoff Video
Air New Zealand's sub-muppet mascot Rico could be described as appealing only if we change the definition of the word to "grating and unacceptable in the extreme." Likewise, watching the frizzy freak...
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Lindsay Lohan Is Latest Sad-Sack Celeb in Air New Zealand Campaign
Air New Zealand continues its train-wreck celebrity series by inviting Lindsay Lohan to sit on the "skycouch" and be peppered with sexual innuendo by the carrier's lascivious, foul-mouthed...
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Hugh Hefner's Ex-Girlfriends Star in Airline's Sheep Boys Ripoff
Kristina and Karissa Shannon, whom you may remember from when they simultaneously dated Hugh Hefner's living corpse, are now flirting with sheep. Well, not actual sheep—they blow kisses at two dudes...
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Air New Zealand Travels to Middle-earth With In-Flight Safety Video
Yes, yes, my precious! Air New Zealand and WETA Workshop soar with this Hobbit tie-in—a real in-flight safety video. Characters from J.R.R. Tolkien demonstrate what to do in the case of an emergency...
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Top 10 Commercials of the Week: Nov. 2-9
This week, long-lost lovers got knocked off their feet by new appliances, Dewar's demonstrated that you needn't have a Y chromosome to enjoy a "drinking man's scotch," and smartphones went for a...
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Air New Zealand Once Again Says Its Flights Are Full of Hobbits and Dwarves
There is one good reason to visit New Zealand (not counting you already happened to be in Australia so why not swing by). It's because you wish you lived in The Lord of the Rings instead of in the...
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Air New Zealand Gets More Epic Than Ever With Its Newest Middle-Earth Safety...
The wizards at Air New Zealand have conjured up their third J.R.R. Tolkien-themed video in as many years, ahead of the final installment of Peter Jackson's second Middle-Earth trilogy, The Hobbit: The...
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Top 10 Branded Videos: Air New Zealand Enlists The Hobbit for In-Flight...
Air New Zealand's quirky "The Most Epic Safety Video Ever Made" marks the airline’s latest go at enlisting characters from J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth to spoof the stuffy in-flight safety video.The...
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