Love Is in the Air: Scoot Airline Passengers Treated to Romantic Flights Ahead of Valentine's Day
By Lauren Ingram, The Daily Mail | Feb. 12, 2016
Singaporean airline Scoot has started celebrating Valentine's early on a flight from Australia to Singapore by helping passengers have photoshoots with their seatmates.
Nick Renwick, from Geelong, posted a photo to his Instagram account of himself and his partner on their flight from Melbourne to Singapore showing the romantic event.
He said that midway through his flight, the crew turned on rainbow cabin lighting and played the song Lovefool by The Cardigans. They then proceeded down the plane and took photos of people with their valentines.
"Ok so @flyscootau is the coolest airline," Mr Renwick wrote on his Instagram post. "Halfway through the flight, they turned on rainbow lighting and the song Lovefool then we got to do photo shoots."
The photos were taken by the cabin crew and featured fun props like cardboard glasses, hats and mustaches. Each couple were photographed in a frame decorated with hearts, flowers and butterflies.
The frame had "Be my valentine" and "Kiss me" written along its sides, as well as "Be my lover" and a reference to the famous Jerry Maguire scene with "You got me at hello."
It also featured "#Wannabeascootee" the company's social media hashtag where customers can share images of their flight experiences on Scoot.
A spokeperson for Scoot Airlines said that whilst some on board events are planned in advance by Scoot head office, the company encourages cabin crew to have fun and do mini-events for passengers, meaning every flight is different. The company calls it "scootitude."
"Scootitude is our crew's fun, and 'can do' attitude. We like to imbue them with a sense of fun, and a willingness to go the extra mile to make a passenger's flight enjoyable," the spokesperson said.
"Sometimes the crew plan things in advance with our headquarters team for larger days like Valentines, Halloween, Easter and Christmas, but if there is an event on board that they find out about they are able to do a spontaneous "fun event" as well."
The rainbow lighting is a regular feature on Scoot flights and are built in to the company's new fleet of 787 Dreamliners. The Dreamliners feature "mood lighting" that can be changed depending on the time of the day.
Scoot's website explains that the staff can then turn the lighting into a rainbow "when it's time to bring out some Scootitude inflight!"
The company has always extended the Valentine's love to their promotions, offering US$30 off flights and telling potential passengers to take a "Naughty Asia getaway." The Facebook post accompanying the promotion read "Get naughty with the Mrs this Valentine's Day" and told followers to use the code "LOVE2FLY" for the discount.