1. The Non-product Placement that Boosts Airbus By: Marc Graser Presented by: Jennifer Mele

2. Coincidental???  Buena Vista’s new Jodie Foster thriller, Flight Plan features a plane that is strikingly similar to the new Airbus A380.  Early viewers of the movie have mistaken Flight Plan’s set for the real jet.

3. AIRBUS A380  http://www.airbus.com/product/a380_int roduction.asp http://www.airbus.com/product/a380_int roduction.asp Promoting the A380 “as the cruise ship of the sky with tanning salons and duty-free shopping”

4. Denying Both Airbus and Buena Vista deny that the release of the movie just before the delivery of the first A380 jets in March 2006 are coordinated events.

5. Appealing to International Airlines  Rivaling Boeing’s aging 747 fleet.  Air France, Virgin Atlantic, and Lufthansa have all ordered planes.  154 sold at a price of $258 million each  Airbus needs to sell 250 to break even

6. Luxury in the air  49% more floor space and 35% more seating with wider seats and aisles than the 747.  More fuel efficient and less emissions and noise.  2 full decks of passenger seating with spiral staircases, 7 galleys, a full bar and a cockpit with bunks for the crew.  http://www.airbus.com/product/a380_introduction.asp http://www.airbus.com/product/a380_introduction.asp

7. Bottom line…  Studies have shown that people do not pay a lot of attention to the kind of plane they will be flying in when booking a flight.  Are all the extras worth the time and money???

8. Sources  http://www.adage.com/news.cms?newsI d=44965 http://www.adage.com/news.cms?newsI d=44965  www.airbus.com www.airbus.com  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/448 8361.stm