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Giant ads set for world's busiest runways

Advertisers aiming to reach high-flyers with no alternative distraction will soon have a new method: adverts the size of three football pitches seen by plane passengers coming in to land.

UK-based Ad-Air launched its new service in London on Tuesday, offering brands the chance to place huge adverts near the runways of some of the world's busiest runways.

Ad-Air, backed by 5 million pounds ($10 million) of private equity finance, said it had spent five years securing sites around the world's busiest airports including London Heathrow, Paris, Geneva, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Tokyo and Abu Dhabi.

The first advert will appear in Dubai next month.

Paul Jenkins, managing director of Ad-Air, said the adverts would appear in "clutter-free environments and moments free of any other commercial messages."


Land On! Apply directly to the runway!
Land On! Apply directly to the runway!
Land On! Apply directly to the runway!

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McDonalds is negotiating for the rights to pass ads instead of your life before your eyes during runway crashes.

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If your landing
Has been hairy
Don't let your chin
Become that scary
Burma Shave

Or, more likely:

IfyourlandingHasbeenhairyDon'tletyourchinBecomethatscaryBurmaShave

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Coffee?

Tea?

Or

BVD?

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Comments (3)

LWHoll:
Bwaaahahaha!
( Clap, clap ! ) Flaps down. ( Clap, Clap ! ) Flaps up.
One time I was flying into San Jose CA from Oregon. Can't remember how big it was, but there was a huge sign that could be seen aerially (is that a word?).. okay, from the air,in the middle of same-same houses that stretched for miles, that said, "This is why you left California!" Or something lidat.

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