Spirit of Australia Qantas ad, circa 1983

This is the most appealing of all Qantas tv commercials run over a 25 year period. Have a listen and cast your mind back to an Australia of hopes, dreams and wishes come true.

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• 1983
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[ahardyau]

Back in the days before Strong and Dixon decimated the company, leaving nothing but old haggered crew with attitude and a confrontational industrial agenda.

[PETECEEISME]

Didnt some politician once say "Life wasnt meant to be easy." Possibly old MJF had a crystal ball, cos he sure as hell was right on the money looking at where our wonderful country is at today. Thats why I find this ad and this era so appealing, it was a time when the Spirit of Australia was alive and well. Reflection is a wonderful feeling. AVAGUDAY!!

[stegatops]

Yes....this was the best one...........at a happier, more innocent age when they didnt lock you up and charge you with sexual harrassment for winking at someone.............before the dark times.

[PETECEEISME]

Right on the money there stegatops,, and it s not going to get better, get ready for the ride of ur life the next 10 years, thank christ i'm going to retire to the Philippines where my ruddy pension will allow me to live a little more comfortably than dear oldOZ. And those pinays love to make a guy feel hes alive.

[rowie0210]

what a crock! Qantas Flight Attendents dont wink at you..they throw your meal at you and snarl more like it.

[PETECEEISME]

yea well that may be qantas but asian spirit they strip off and welcome ya to the mile high club. duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, who cares if its a snarl a smile or a wink..

[ahardyau]

@RiOlizzy It was British Airways

[ahardyau]

the pinays give you the spirit of australia in many ways? lol

[ahardyau]

Yep. we've become a nation of lazy whingers, underpinned by boatloads of foreigners who have no respect or allegiance to this country.And the government don;t have the balls to have pride in our country any more, for fear of being labelled poiltically-incorrect. Former great companies like Qantas would nowadays rather spend their money on some token aboriginal paintings on their aircraft rather than giving hard-working staff a pay rise.

**End of Rant**

[stegatops]

The one with the music by Yanni? That was british airways for sure. Look up " British Airways add from 1989" Youll see it.

[lthrskinhd]

The ad was for British Airways.

[RiOlizzy]

Awesome ad haha love the old ones. And those 'winks' by the cabin crew sure make me wanna fly Qantas.

Now a question... does anyone remember from either the late 80's early 90's, an TV ad for an airline with heaps of people holding up boards on a beach and the boards made a big face? The shot was a birds eye view. And this face had big red lips and blue eyes? Sounds crazy yes, but it's really bugging me. I thought it might of been Ansett or Qantas but maybe not... thoughts anyone?