Kingfisher ad equates LCCs with 'Indi-gnity'

New Delhi: Losing marketshare to low-cost carriers (LCCs) like IndiGo, full service carrier Kingfisher Airlines has decided to take them on at a different level through its new marketing campaign, focusing on tongue-in-cheek messages taking potshots at LCCs.
For instance, one half of one of the hoardings says “Indi-gnity”, while the other half says “Respect”, the latter written in Kingfisher fonts and colours. Kingfisher sources said the company had appointed Rediffusion Advertising for the campaign.
Kingfisher executives were unavailable for comment. Nisha Singhania, EVP, marketing, Rediffusion, said, “Given the current market conditions in which a lot of corporate travellers are downgrading to LCCs, we came up with a campaign with a message as to how these carriers do not provide the luxury that is provided by full-service carriers like Kingfisher. However, there was no intention of targetting any particular low-cost carrier.”
While the rest of the airline industry has almost stayed away from this sort of an advertising war yet, Kingfisher is known to have taken digs at Jet Airways in the past, while its LCC brand, Kingfisher Red, which was earlier Simplifly Deccan, is known to have taken on JetLite.
24/04/09 Anirban Chowdhury/Business Standard

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Categories: Kingfisher Apr 2009, Low Cost General Apr 2009