Air New Zealand kills off their hip-hop inflight safety video

February 2, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

As a (very) frequent flyer, I’ve developed a weird thing about inflight safety videos, both good and bad (read: boring).

Air New Zealand thought they had a winner back in November when they debuted this ditty done in the style of Run-DMC’s “It’s Tricky.”

It has not gone over well. The airline has pulled the video because it was declared “unbearable” by passengers. Even the flight crews hated it.

Funny seeing Air NZ cabin crew cringe every time they play their hip-hop safety video lol. #airnz #safetyvideo
— Peter Rees (@peter_rees74) January 31, 2019

A new campaign based on New Zealand tourism will replace it soon.

Via The Points Guy.

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