FlyDubai's Argentina Sponsorship Tied to Messi and World Cup Victory
Translated & summarized from N12 by baba
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- FlyDubai sponsored Argentina's national football team during the 2022 World Cup.
- Two aircraft were painted with images of Messi and the team.
- The sponsorship was for four months and has now ended.
- The airline is known in Israel for a past hijacking incident.
FlyDubai, an airline familiar to Israelis due to a past hijacking attempt, was indirectly involved in Argentina's World Cup victory. The airline served as a sponsor for the Argentine national football team during the 2022 World Cup and transported the team. Two Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft were specially painted with images of Lionel Messi and the Argentine team, a model identical to the plane involved in the hijacking incident. One of these planes, A6-FKA, featured Messi's image, while another, A6-FKF, landed in Saudi Arabia. These two painted planes arrived alongside the aircraft that was the target of the hijacking attempt, though they were not the same plane.
The sponsorship collaboration initially began shortly before the World Cup and was planned for a duration of only four months. The connection with FlyDubai has since ended as Argentina no longer flies to the region. At the time of the partnership, Claudio Tapia, Chairman of the Argentine Football Association, expressed excitement about the collaboration, stating it connected Argentina with fans globally and would allow fans to feel closer to the team through FlyDubai's services, changing how fans travel worldwide.
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