Comments on: Boris Johnson’s BA Tube ads

By: Where’s Hogwarts Again?

Where’s Hogwarts Again? — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:19:33 +0000

[...] chose to speak out against video conferencing and instead encouraged people to fly and even gave British Airways free advertising on the Underground network. Unlike the Mayor, I’d like to point out that there are other airlines available. Thank you [...]

By: I’m a London Taxpayer, and I approve this message « Confessions of a Political Animal

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:24:46 +0000

[...] course, it rings true because Johnson has form in this field. Transport for London poster sites carry free adverts for BA flights to New York as part of a supposedly reciprocal deal with the Big Apple’s transport [...]

By: Helen

Helen — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:15:06 +0000

Interestingly, I saw a larger version of exactly the same poster, minus the Mayor Of London and TfL logos, displayed at Twickenham railway station today.

By: Smoothing Traffic Flow Cake And Eat It Part #9400

Smoothing Traffic Flow Cake And Eat It Part #9400 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:01:45 +0000

[...] those will run dry soon enough, and then what will Guto Harri claim? HIV cure? World peace? Saving British Airways from bankruptcy? We await [...]

By: Helen

Helen — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:48:34 +0000

Yes, they are TfL’s own poster sites – this size of poster is only used for TfL’s own posters or those promoting the Mayor’s events or initiatives.

New York is apparently promoting London in a similar manner but I don’t know if they’re also plugging BA.

I agree that the blatant BA promotion doesn’t feel right – maybe all the posters need a banner pasted over them reading: “Other airlines also fly to New York.”