With airlines turning seat backs, tray tables and even overhead bins into advertising platforms, looking out the window of an airplane has been one of the last ways to enjoy a marketing-free moment.It looks as if that, too, is about to change – at least during that tedious time on the approach to landing, between the end of the in-flight entertainment program and touchdown on the runway.
A start-up called Ad-Air, based in London, said Monday that it had created what it called the “first global aerial advertising network” – giant, billboardlike ads that will be visible from the air, as planes approach runways.
This article reminds me of the Fellowship Church sign I see when I fly into DFW.