You Should See Us Now Australian Airlines Ad

[DAVIDx41]

my only experience with them.... We went down the runway only to have an announcement that we have to go back because there was not enough fuel.

[cannoir]

Not one single aboriginal in the plane .

[Ansett76]

@cannoir your point is?

[timborabbit]

The "Australian Airlines" that operated to Osaka etc was not the same entity as depicted in this add... rather a Qantas relaunch of the name with discount fares aimed at the Asian market (the aircraft, which were Boeing 767s) were painted in Aboriginal Art designs. Subsequently Qantas launched Jetstar and eventually they filled this niche in the market. Australian Airlines (pre 1993) only operated Airbus A300s and 737-300/400s in the livery depicted in this add.

[AJBIII]

Continental Airlines sang it better! And they sang it first!!

[Ansett76]

@AJBIII maybe, but Australian could fly planes better....they never had an accident with loss of life....;)

[maltesephoenician]

another extinct airline

[ozsasin]

@maltesephoenician. No, it merged in with Qantas.

[maltesephoenician]

@ozsasin oh really oh i never knew that what year did they merge?

[Kevinduddo]

@maltesephoenician Qantas purchased it in 1992 but Australian ceased operations in 1996

[HSDDTS]

I grew up with this add, with my Dad working for Australian Airlines!!!

[snoopy99990]

Better than the Singing Choirs Qantas use today.Most of us don't know this but this was original a theme for a Broadway Musical and also Continental Airlines

[jason090874]

Hey thestig Australian Airlines ( TAA ) Never flew 767s or on International routes

[qantas8888]

@jason090874 acutally Australian Airlines operated to from QLD to tokyo or osaka from 2000 and ceased operation in favour of jestar in 2004. They operated the767. Qantas transferred the 767 from their fleet because australian airlines was a wholly subsidary of qantas

[thestig747]

I remember when I was flying QANTAS to auckland just after the merge and it was an Australian Airways 767 in the Australian airways livery, the only difference is that the interior had been changed, but that was some time ago.

[virginbluedude]

All those crew can still be found - on Qantas 737-800s!

[figs1984]

you should see us now...grounded and non existant! lol...having said that those planes are probably being used by tiger and jetstar haha

[SouthAfricanAirways1]

It looks like a great airline! But it was way before I went to Australia.

[100mdb]

Did you know that Australian Airlines is the only Australian airlines to go to Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia?

[SouthAfricanAirways1]

It doesn't fly anymore. 

[SpinningDate]

If that was a stunt bum, I'm devo. I was totally in love with that guy...well, mad crush at least :-)

[volcom1722]

whyd they stop? :(

[SouthAfricanAirways1]

@volcom1722 To my understanding, they were bought by Air New Zealand and Singapore Airlines and were mismanaged, ANZ then sold the Almost bankrupt airline to Qantas, which put most of the Ansett (Australian) fleet into Qantas service.

[BaronBoy100]

@SouthAfricanAirways1 Totally wrong. Australian Airlines was originally called Trans Australia Airlines or TAA for short. It was rebranded as a marketing exercise. Eventually, Australian Airlines (which was government owned) was merged with the then other government owned airline, QANTAS. The company bought by Air New Zealand (with Singapore Airlines holding stock) was ANSETT.

[MsDawdawdaw]

buullshit

[chickybumbumbum1]

Hey..."Guy with the mullet"...Was that a 'stunt bum'? or were they your tight firm YOUNG buttocks!??? LOL...Thought I recognised them. Hooroo from 'ex wifey'. Scotty found this clip & sent it to me. Nothing like a blast from the past to recharge the ego eh? Great to see all the familiar faces and those koalas behind your tie. So funny.

[Smoofee]

Fantastic to see this blast from the past....brilliant !!

[Evolutionarybeing]

Yeh, I'm the guy with the....Mullet!. Got heaps more to update soon. Stay tuned....and yeh I've still got the Mullet!!!!!!!! :-)

[AnthonyDonohue]

I remember when the crew stayed at a hotel I worked in, they often got limos for a pickup!

[82dots]

I wanted to be an Australian Airlines flight attendant after I saw this ad as a kid. Flying was so special back then !

[dazz81]

been waiting for this to come onto youtube forever, i was 9 yrs old when this was on TV and I flew my first ever flight in a BRAND new Boeing 737-400 and I knew this ad word for word. thanks!

[gnhansen29]

Thank you so much! I've been looking for years for the Australian Airlines jingle.

[Mastertj987]

0:55  epic mullet

[francoaustralien]

Oh I remember this ad well. That was a different lifetime ago.

[LBJoel]

Aaaaah, the days when flying was still a little bit special.....sigh

[SouthAfricanAirways1]

@LBJoel I think flying is still special, we just do it so much that it becomes a hassle....

[TheCX777]

Does anyone have the next series of ads "The way we do the things we do", around 1992?

[ridgeydidger]

@TheCX777 Check out: /watch?v=WoqSOQEwTao. Looks like the guy with the epic mullet at 0:55 in this video is also featured in the 1992 campaign at 0:31!

[TheCX777]

@ridgeydidger  Thanks!

[ridgeydidger]

@TheCX777 Also check out: /watch?v=dbSuKvsX73A

[Brac1]

Just before Australian 1 vanished into the realm of Qantas!