AIR NZ CALLS OUT EMIRATES FOR SENDING UP ITS ADVERT

Air NZ has called out Emirates for copying its advert which featured Dave the goose who loves to fly with the kiwi airline.

Geoffrey Thomas

By Geoffrey Thomas Mon Sep 5, 2022

Air NZ has called out Emirates for sending up its advert which featured Dave the goose who loves to fly with the kiwi airline.

Emirates has just launched Gerry the flying goose to tout its long-haul product over that of Air NZ.

Below is the original Air NZ advert launched in 2016 and then we feature the Twitter Emirates response to Dave, featuring their Gerry touting the airline's new premium economy and then the Air NZ response.

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