So apparently this happened today
Airliner wrapped in Christmas paper at Brisbane Airport
Festive season travellers were greeted with what appeared to be an extravagant gift at Brisbane Airport on Wednesday morning – a gift-wrapped airliner.
But anybody wondering whether it was a Christmas gift from a particularly wealthy person to a particularly lucky one would have been disappointed to learn it was just a publicity stunt.
The Alliance Airlines Fokker 70 was decked out in blue wrapping paper in an eyecatching campaign for a lottery company.
The 80-seat plane was parked on the tarmac in front of Brisbane's busy domestic terminal as part of creative agency GPY&R's "dream gift" campaign for Powerball.
"We wanted this year's Christmas campaign to capture maximum eyeballs and engage with travellers in a fun way," GPY&R Brisbane executive creative director Brendan Greaney said.
"Also, I wouldn't mind if someone gave me a private jet."
The campaign was designed to be social media-led.
To that end, it appeared successful on Wednesday, with several travellers – and the airport itself – tweeting their images.
Airliner wrapped in Christmas paper at Brisbane Airport
I'm surprised they didn't use one of the Mineralogy ones slowly rusting away up near 14/32... be a disappointing find when you unwrapped it though
