Colbert Report on Air Travel and Spirit Airlines

[yankees368]

Colbert did a pretty good rip on Spirit Airlines last night, mainly about their plan t o sell advertizing space all over the plane. Very funny stuff. Starts at 2 minutes in.

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/400294/october-20-2011/tip-wag---tea-party-nation-pledge---spirit-airlines--ad-revenue?xrs=share_copy

[stratoduck]

spirit airlines isn't the first. about seven years ago, i flew on a budget carrier out of singapore called tiger air. though the outside of the aircraft were still painted up as tiger, the overhead bins had ads on them looking like a subway car or city bus. the tray tables and flight attendant uniforms were sponsored by visa. you could not bring your own food or drink onboard; if you wanted to eat or drink anything, you had to buy onboard.

interesting thought i just had - an airline's paint must either be logo-less or be that of the carrier. to put another name on the outside, you generally need to obtain a "DBA" authorization.