{"id":5200,"date":"2015-11-08T18:40:51","date_gmt":"2015-11-08T23:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/?p=5200"},"modified":"2016-02-14T11:12:40","modified_gmt":"2016-02-14T16:12:40","slug":"emirates-flight-attendants-benfica-football-club-safety-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/2015\/11\/08\/emirates-flight-attendants-benfica-football-club-safety-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Emirates Flight Attendants: Benfica Football Club ‘Safety’ Video"},"content":{"rendered":"

My idea of football and the world’s idea of football may be\u00a0two entirely different things considering that I was raised in the Southern half of the United States. However, being married to a Brit, I can at least say that I have attended some ‘real’ football matches – Liverpool, Bolton Wanderers and a few more (although some might say those weren’t real matches). \u00a0Our small town hosts several youth soccer tournaments and this year’s NAASTI (North<\/span> American<\/span> Adult<\/span> Soccer<\/span> Tournament<\/span> Index) tournament will be held at Hilton Head later in November.\u00a0<\/span>Football also makes its way into our home occasionally when there happens to be an particularly exciting match on the television –\u00a0especially if it involves\u00a0Manchester United. It is just that because of the way games are televised so late at night (or early in the morning) that we don’t watch as much as we would like.<\/p>\n

An article in The Daily Mail<\/a>\u00a0yesterday happened to catch my eye. It was about Emirates flight attendants performing at the start of the game between\u00a0Sporting Lisbon and\u00a0Benfica in Lisbon. Beginning with the announcement “Emirates welcomes you aboard Estadio da Luz,” the flight attendants carry on with\u00a0a very special and entertaining ‘safety demonstration’. Pointing out the 65,000 fans, the 32 exits and the two goals they finish their demonstration by showing the correct way to don the Benifica football scarf. Fans were also admonished to\u00a0“put your bags securely at your feet, and ensure your electronic devices are put away, so you can concentrate on giving your team the ultimate cheer they deserve.”<\/p>\n

In 2014\u00a0Emirates partnered with Benfica as the Club’s\u00a0 Official Airline. In May, Sir Tim Clark the airline\u2019s President joined Mr. Luis Filipe Vieira, the President of Benfica, \u00a0at the Estadio da Luz to sign the deal to become the Main Sponsor of the Club. In the future, this means that the front of the footballers’ jerseys will be emblazoned with the iconic Fly Emirates. Flights from Lisbon to Dubai (and points onward) carry almost 10,000 passengers daily.<\/p>\n

An Emirates official said, “‘We wanted to take the opportunity to do something that the fans in the stadium would remember and we think this worked.”<\/p>\n

I think you may agree with him. Enjoy this Emirates moment!<\/h3>\n