![]() ![]() Having announced the new app on April 1, 2019, the airline claimed to have signed up the best Australian restaurants, adding that the food would be provided via existing Virgin Australia routes between Australian capital cities with the click of a button. People welcomed the news before realizing that the aircraft was named APR001.Ī major Australian carrier Virgin Australia surprised its customers by announcing the launch of a food delivery app called ‘Virgin Australia Fly Foods’ that would allow people to order food from one Australian state and have it delivered by the airline to another. On April Fool’s Day in 2017, Emirates unveiled plans to operate a triple-decker jet equipped with various amenities for in-flight leisure activities, including a swimming pool, a games room, a gym, and even a small park. But what about a triple-decker passenger jet? Traveling on board a double-decker passenger plane, such as the Airbus A380, is much sought after by those who love air travel. On April Fool’s Day that year, the Abu Dhabi-based carrier announced that a flying trolley would mean passengers would no longer get stuck in the aisle during meal services.Įver been stuck in the aisle during meal service? The idea of robot services was also promoted in 2019 when the major airline of the United Arab Emirates, Etihad Airways, claimed it was introducing an Air-Cart. The airline said that its robotic passenger service would use a facial recognition camera as well as an audio conveyance system thereby allowing the robot to interact with travelers while delivering their orders. The carrier said it was replacing the standard in-flight food and beverage service usually distributed by flight attendants with new technology – the Robotic Automated Light Food Handler (RALFH). On April Fool’s Day in 2016, the second-largest Canadian airline, WestJet, announced it was introducing an innovative new way to serve its passengers. Robotic in-flight service on WestJet flights Unfortunately for karaoke fans, this turned out to be just another April Fool’s joke made by an airline that year.ħ. Meanwhile, for those travelers who prefer a calmer environment while flying, Jetstar Japan also announced that passengers could purchase earbuds for around $385 each. The airline said that aircraft operating domestic routes would be equipped with microphones, maracas, tambourines, and song selection devices – all the items you might find in a standard karaoke bar. Jetstar promised that passengers would be given the chance to show off their singing skills and be able to make song requests to the cabin crew members as they passed down the aisles. ![]() On April Fool’s Day in 2018, Japanese low-cost airline Jetstar Japan surprised its customers by introducing a new in-flight entertainment activity – a fun karaoke service to be included on board domestic flights. The survey allegedly suggested that 36% of passengers had their flights ruined by loud kids, while 50% of travelers complained that parents expected to be treated specially because of their infants. The airline claimed to have conducted a survey of 1,000 travelers and concluded that more than half of its passengers would pay a higher price for a flight with no children on board. ![]() “Win or lose, it’s how we play the game.The Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair caused a stir in 2011 when, on April Fool’s Day, it issued a press release declaring that the company planned to introduce child-free flights starting in October of that year. “If (our prank) is a complete failure and we’re lost in the noise, leaving us to laugh in our own corner, it was worth it,” said the only PR person who responded to my inquiry re: why oh why they were doing this. Oh, everything on the Internet is lies tomorrow? Well whatever, it’s all lies anyway. Our sensibilities have been eroded by the constant barrage of corporate messaging, drowned by the insipid committee humour and the sheer number of fast-food chains tweeting “bae.” In 1997, the New York Times’ Stuart Elliott hypothesized that that era’s lack of April Fools’ tomfoolery reflected a certain conservative outlook on the part of major brands, “an unwillingness to risk offending consumer sensibilities, which seem these days to be more fragile” than glass.Īlmost 20 years later, we aren’t less fragile, per se, but we are arguably far less sensitive - alerting only to the companies that drone at a slightly higher pitch than their thirsty brethren. ![]()
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