Its an oldie but a goody! United Airlines is debuting its new brand campaign, featuring the iconic "Fly the Friendly Skies" tagline, reinterpreted for today's travelers. The new campaign, United's biggest in more than a decade, is based on feedback from customers that "user-friendly" today means the combination of service, technology and product enhancements.
United says it has designed its investments in its global route network, new aircraft, onboard features, customer service and digital channels to be "flyer-friendly."
"'Flyer-friendly' resonated in feedback from our customers and co-workers," said Tom O'Toole, United's senior vice president of marketing and loyalty and president of MileagePlus. "Our new brand campaign expresses the customer focus of all of United's investments."
The new campaign includes network, cable and spot television, radio, magazine, newspaper, out-of-home and digital advertising, plus social media. All of the United co-workers shown in the advertising are actual United employees.
The new television commercials feature Gershwin's classic "Rhapsody in Blue," the musical score for United since 1987, and are narrated by actor Matt Damon.
A second spot, Taxi, shows drivers taking United customers to various airports around the world, displaying the breadth of United's global route network.
A third, Built Around You, shows the features of United's cabins – extra-legroom Economy Plus seating, flat-bed seats in United BusinessFirst, in-seat power and seat-back in-flight entertainment – being configured around customers on board.
The fourth, Satellite, highlights the company's global satellite Wi-Fi now on many aircraft and rolling out fleetwide, which offers customers access to in-flight Internet connectivity over the oceans and almost anywhere in the world where United flies.
Since 2010, United says it has been delivering on its promise to build the world's leading airline, investing in its aircraft, airport facilities, reliability and customer service.
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