October 1, 2003

Guess The Airline - October 2003

So, have you guessed throughout the month of October? This was an ad published in a 1970s issue of National Geographic magazine, U.S. version. Was it JAL? Northwest Orient? Thai? United?


Click or tap on the ad to reveal the answer.

How to guess it?

Let's make it short and sweet this month. The main clues for this ad were the slogan and the blank spaces, where only an airline abbreviation could possibly fit (e.g. JAL, KAL, TWA) or a really short name (e.g. Thai), or a small circular logo at the bottom right corner. There is one clue that slipped out for the first few days of this game. Another small clue, in smallprint in this case, was the mention of this airline's "Happi Holidays" program. (a Happi being a Japanese robe, a clever play on the English word "happy").

I had forgotten to hide the crane bird logotype on the bag of the gentleman on the picture. It was very tiny, but enough for a few people to see it... even though they claim they got the answer right even without looking at the crane bird. People submitted wrong answers from day one nevertheless.

Statistics

Correct answers: 60% | Wrong answers: 40% | Most submitted wrong answer: Northwest (18%)