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to feel that a "hello kitty" aircraft is not as reassuring as a blue and red ribbon?

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orangefusion · 28/03/2015 06:40

I flew out of Taipei yesterday on the national carrier- Eva Air. This is what people were expected to travel on, an aircraft branded with Hello Kitty FFS. It did not make me feel safe, what is that their intention do you think? How on earth did a marketing department come up with this awful idea? There is a whole magazine devoted to HK goods on board. it beggars belief.

to feel that a "hello kitty" aircraft is not as reassuring as a blue and red ribbon?
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orangefusion · 30/03/2015 00:31

Heh heh Carol, I love the kitty cocaine.

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ShakesBootyFlabWobbles · 30/03/2015 00:48

One person's arty fin tails is another person's bag of shite. Much like the view of the hello kitty plane.

Would love a pokemon plane my children would implode Grin

Olbersparadox · 30/03/2015 01:32

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meowth · 30/03/2015 09:56

I'm a grown adult and I'd love to fly on a pokémon plane.. DP bought me the new games and i'm almost wetting it for the new ones.
its that bit of my childhood i refuse to get over, i've become too good now Grin
i'd love to go to Japan and see these cute characters everywhere. i've grown up with most of them, such as Pikachu and Hello Kitty, and I still love them to this day!

vvviola · 30/03/2015 10:01

Well, if you don't want HK and general tweeness, you could go the opposite direction and fly on the Air NZ dragon plane
www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/10487922/Air-New-Zealand-reveals-dragon-plane-from-The-Hobbit.html

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orangefusion · 30/03/2015 10:10

Ooh no, I don't like the dragon either. I can't bear Hobbitty stuff. I just a great big miserable old fusion. Bah, grump, pah.
Bring me champagne! Bah.
Anyway, I'm on my way home tonight on a BA ribbon branded one with a lovely strict, properly aged crew who will offer me gin when they notice me blubbing at whatever tearjerker I have mistakenly chosen to watch.
I saw an attendant take a man's phone off him once when he kept on talking on it during her safety demo. I fell love with her immediately.
Bye bye Asia, hello home :) x. Xx

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RedToothBrush · 30/03/2015 10:25

How is exactly a British Flag on the tail of a plane 'reassuring'?

Are kangaroos acceptable? Or Vs? Or squiggles? Or shamrocks? Surely having a shamrock is a big worrying that they need to put lucky symbol on the tail. And fuck me I'd be worried by a harp on the tail as don't angels play harps?

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orangefusion · 30/03/2015 10:32

It's BA that's all. I heart BA I find them reassuringly homely.

I do not work for BA or any of its associated companies Smile

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RedToothBrush · 30/03/2015 10:37

There you go. Its home sickness and nothing to do with Kittys, Hello or otherwise.

stoopstoconker · 30/03/2015 10:43

I've been on planes where the passengers applauded the pilot for landing. I didn't notice the decoration. Always used to chuckle at the name Finn Air.

SistersOfPercy · 30/03/2015 10:47

YABU
I want to fly New Zealand Air and go on a Smaug plane. Their safety announcement features the cast and Peter Jackson.

Even I'd pay attention to that!

to feel that a "hello kitty" aircraft is not as reassuring as a blue and red ribbon?
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orangefusion · 30/03/2015 11:01

Sisters, I take it all back. I loves hobbits. That is wonderful- thank you so much for sharing. I want hobbit socks. Are they a thing? They should be.

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SistersOfPercy · 30/03/2015 11:24

Great isn't it? I have a huge love of The Hobbit since childhood and I loved Smaug, he's actually tattooed across my right foot.

I'd bloody love to go to NZ dreamy sigh

vvviola · 30/03/2015 12:36

The Air NZ Hobbit/Lord of the Rings safety videos are outstanding. In fact all of the safety videos are. I love flying Air NZ which is pretty useful as Kiwi DH gets quite irrationally patriotic about the whole thing and if Air NZ fly a route there has to be a very good reason not to fly with them

Haven't flown BA in years, but I am very fond of Aer Lingus whose staff always seem to go above and beyond for me (or indeed for poor DD1 who spent a whole flight throwing up from a combination of excitement and upset when we were leaving Belgium/visiting Ireland) admits to some irrational patriotism myself

geekymommy · 30/03/2015 14:14

I figure that maybe terrorists might be a little more embarrassed to hijack a Hello Kitty plane (or a Shamu plane painted like a killer whale, Southwest Airlines here has some of those) than a regular plane. Since I don't know any actual terrorists, that's complete speculation on my part.

I think 2.5 yo DD would like to see a Hello Kitty plane.

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