Changing an Airline Logo Because of Bad Luck?
Brussels Airlines had an attractive logo on their planes: 13 balls to create a “b”. Interestingly enough, though, there are still plenty of U.S. and Italian passengers that were concerned. Why? They thought the 13 balls would bring bad luck to their flights. CNN Travel reports:
This week, however, Brussels Airlines was busy changing the 13-ball logo on the tail and sides of one of its Airbus jets and adding a 14th one in response to complaints from superstitious customers in the United States and Italy. …
“They said they were not pleased with an aircraft with a logo with 13 balls because they think it brings them bad luck,” said Brussels Airlines spokesman Geert Sciot.
But what will happen when Chinese passengers go to fly? 14 is the unlucky number in China. Happily for Brussels Airlines, there aren’t flights to China, so it won’t be that big of an issue. But why not drop down to 12 dots? Well, according to CNN Travel, there are religious connotations surrounding the number 12. You remember the 12 disciples…
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