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SAS demonstrates the true spirit of Christmas with a special video which details the airline’s ongoing support of a very worthy cause.
The SAS Julefly, or Christmas Flight, is a charitable effort based in Norway which brings care packages and Christmas cheer to the needy.
There was a special surprise waiting for travellers at Helsinki Airport when Finnair flight crew organised a Christmas carolling flashmob at gate 28.
The airline’s crew members were disguised among the crowd and joined in song when one crew member picked up the mike at the gate to get the carols going.
Santa joined in the festivities at the Terminal as the spontaneous choir’s director.
Finnair is Santa’s official airline, and he was probably at the airport checking on a shipment of goodies for the big night.
JetBlue has put together a very clever holiday-travel video which will help make air travel for the Christmas holiday less trying on everyone. There’s enough stress in the process without delays at the lines when passengers try to bring prohibited items onboard. But figuring out which items are cleared for take-off and which are on the no-fly list can be tricky because policies can vary by airline.
JetBlue’s “Let’s Play Airport” clears up this confusion, and is nicely infused with JetBlue’s signature humour.
Note that hoverboards are among the prohibited items, as shown in the video.
While many airlines have now banned these potentially dangerous Lithium-Ion battery charged devices, JetBlue is to be commended as one of the first to do so.
In a warm brand move, Iberia has knitted together a lovely Christmas video “Feel the Warmth of Christmas,” with a unique AvGeek spin on the traditional hand-crafted Christmas jumper.
The video celebrates a common love of planes, while highlighting the airline’s attention to every detail in the design and appearance of its aircraft.
TAP Portugal has released its Christmas video on YouTube a composition par-excellence of Jingle Bells, as played by an aircraft.
The video features TAP employees on one of the airline’s A330, CS-TOQ (‘Pedro Teixeira’), using the sound of various aircraft components to play the popular Christmas tune. Santa also makes a brief cameo appearance.
BA Makes Ready for the Big Holiday
British Airways expects a busy holiday travel season with more than 5,500 U.S. customers travelling to London on Christmas Eve on one of 28 flights out of its 21 U.S. gateway cities. The airline expects 35,000 additional passengers flying globally on Christmas Day.
Flying on the success of last year’s Spirit of Giving campaign, WestJet has taken this year’s program overseas bringing what the airline calls a “Canadian …