I Made Tourists Think They Landed At The Wrong Airport

[offshore171]

This is doing the rounds at the moment and is quite good.

A prankster in the UK has laid out an enormous welcome sign on final approach to London Gatwick.

Only it says "Welcome to Luton".

 

[jb747]

Might confuse some pilots.

 

[cjd600]

wow, what a pranker.....

 

[Quickstatus]

Excellent.

A frequent flyer might get duped but will quickly switch mode into working out alternative flights/status credits/lounges/

 

[odysseus]

Was kinda amusing - til I see he's stuck a fake ad in there for a finance app. Monetising...

 

[Mattg]

There's a similar thing in Sydney. Somebody has painted "Welcome to Perth" on their roof, which is visible on the left side of the plane as you approach runway 16R at SYD.

 

[AIRwin]

There's a similar thing in Sydney. Somebody has painted "Welcome to Perth" on their roof, which is visible on the left side of the plane as you approach runway 16R at SYD.

Harder to be taken for a "ride" with the views of the harbour bridge and opera house?

 

[dylarr]

There's a similar thing in Sydney. Somebody has painted "Welcome to Perth" on their roof, which is visible on the left side of the plane as you approach runway 16R at SYD.

I snapped a photo of this recently. Always gives me a chuckle when I see it. The guy who did this was interviewed somewhere — it cost them a small fortune to do because they used expensive reflective road paint to do it.

Harder to be taken for a "ride" with the views of the harbour bridge and opera house?

I suppose all you need is a sleepy passenger who isn't really paying attention to capture a glimpse at the last second for the sign to have its desired effect.

 

[DC3]

I suppose all you need is a sleepy passenger who isn't really paying attention to capture a glimpse at the last second for the sign to have its desired effect.

Please wake me after landing.

 

[AIRwin]

Please wake me after landing.

In SFO...