Airline Safety videos

[Nick G]

There are many things to love about flying....... and one of them is flight safety videos :D. Which are your favourites?

My two favourites are the:
1) Air New Zealand 'bare essentials'- funny, interesting and sounds very kiwi. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-Mq9HAE62Y&feature=rec-LGOUT-exp_fresh+div-1r-7-HM
2) Singapore Airlines safety video- soothing, professional, and I like their 'checklist' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXbN5H7KBLA

Recently, I've been quite addicted to the longer bilingual version of the Qantas safety video. The music is slightly different, and the extra illustrations are nice. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_ObULL2pUY

[Robert S]

I like the Air NZ one - but do they still use it or was that only used during the associated promotional campaign?

My favourite is V Australia's - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkr2JLeorJ8

For me the QF and SQ videos are too slow and tiresome... even knowing their importance and wanting to pay attention to the video on every flight, these would both have me dividing my attention between the video and the window. QF's does look good - SQ's needs updating IMO.

Delta's is infamous - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgpzUo_kbFY

[Michael Mak]

V Australia is my favourite too.

But Virgin Atlantic sounds very boring (both the voice and background music) and the volume is too low (even onboard the flight).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR4dxPISegY

The Cantonese voice in the Qantas video is too slow and sounds very unnatural. It sounds like its spoken by a computer than a real person.

Thomson Airways by Alice and Co. offers something different:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syozl4DAPs4

[Matt_L]

Doesn't suprise me about Delta.

Their subsidiary Song used to have a brilliant inflight safety announcement and indeed inflight service- free inflight cable tv, ife games etc for short haul us flights on an LCC!

[Rich W]

It's not a safety video but have a look at this gem from Emirates "fasten your seatbeats" announcement. Anyone who has flown longhaul on Emirates will appreachiate it. (I think they gotten rid of the announcement not so long ago).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov7MlBgPcmo

[Bernie P]

Anyone who has flown longhaul on Emirates will appreachiate it. (I think they gotten rid of the announcement not so long ago).
I think they still have it, from memory of my flights last year (Syd - Doha rtn Feb, Syd - Man rtn May and Syd - Doha rtn Sept) if it serves me correct!

[Nick G]

Matt- so how did Song Airlines compare to our Virgin Airlines?

To the best of my knowledge Robert, 'bare essentials' is the current Air New Zealand safety video.

Delta and Air New Zealand have got alot of free publicity, due to their innovative safety videos! Haha cheers Michael for sharing the Thomson safety vid...that was definitely an interesting one, which I haven't seen before.

I don't speak Cantonese, but the Qantas cabin supervisor on that particular QF flight sounds very authentic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xz6GdZCq2w&feature=related

[Matt_L]

Nick,

Song was an awesome airline to fly. What airline has proper IFE individual screens on short haul domestic flights for free?? and this was an LCC- they folded sometime in 2005 and became Delta again.

Some would remember the great colourscheme they had- green swirls- and a special pink one for cancer on the 757's.

[Michael Mak]

I don't speak Cantonese, but the Qantas cabin supervisor on that particular QF flight sounds very authentic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xz6GdZCq2w&feature=related
The QF cabin supervisor's Cantonese sounds a lot better, a lot more natural. The one in the safety video spoke way too slow. You can compare QF with CX's safety video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXRTXc3Heuc

[Robert S]

Thomson Airways by Alice and Co. offers something different:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syozl4DAPs4

Cute for about 20 seconds and then painful... soooo slooooow and they did themselves no favours with the musak in the background.

Great idea - poor execution.

I agree about Virgin Atlantic's video.

[Nick G]

Cheers for the info Matt. Song Airways sounds great mate. I wish Virgin offered free IFE as well lol.....

Yep, I can now see what you mean Michael, when you say that the cantonese on QF's safety video is 'slow' lol. CX's version sounds alot more natural....

Look at this old Lufthansa one lol.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-G6tx51ChI

[Craig Murray]

Great thread, this one detailing a very large model plane collection is one of my favourites.......

Large collection of Gemini Jets (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA1AsTtk6Ts)

[Andrew McLaughlin]

Awesome Craig, just awesome!

The tongue poke at 1:04 is especially fetching!

[Maikha Ly]

It was good to see an old JAL one uploaded to YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypddGI8MWKs&translated=1

Reminded me of the flights I did on JAL as a kid. Very Japanese with the music and some of the graphics :)