CityJet hands £4m ad account to Beta

By Sara Kimberley, campaignlive.co.uk, Friday, 04 May 2012 11:40AM

CityJet, the London-based airline, has appointed Beta to handle its estimated £4m pan-European advertising account.

CityJet: hands pan-European ad account to Beta

The agency won the account following a three-way pitch handled by Creativebrief. A review of the business, which was handled by incumbent Euro RSCG, launched in January.

Beta will be responsible for evolving CityJet's £1m 'Now We're Flying' campaign, launched last September by Euro RSCG.

A new campaign for CityJet, a subsidiary of Air France, will be rolled out in the summer across TV, digital and direct, pushing the airline's key business routes.

Andre Cini, commercial director, CityJet, said: "The creative campaign we developed last year gave us a distinct look and feel.

"However, the challenge now is to take the brand in a different creative direction that will not only resonate with our core customers, but that will also build traction with a new audience who has perhaps not considered flying with CityJet before.

"We believe Beta has the creative energy to deliver that new audience."

Garry Lace, founding partner at Beta, said: "CityJet operate in the most competitive and exciting aviation market in the world, which gives us enormous scope and potential to deliver a number of compelling creative campaigns."

Beta will work alongside CityJet's incumbent media buyers, 7Stars, and PR and social media agency, Consolidated PR.

This article was first published on campaignlive.co.uk