Southwest Airlines Brings Back 'Wanna Get Away' Campaign, Gone for Almost a Decade

Carrier and agency GSD&M pick up where they left off

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Southwest Airlines jets back to the future in new work from GSD&M, revisiting its "Wanna Get Away" campaign, which flew off the radar almost a decade ago.

GSD&M developed the concept for Southwest in 1998, and the tagline propelled a series of ads that ran for the next 10 years. Lest anyone forget, the original spots presented folks seeking to escape from all manner of comically embarrassing situations.

A new commercial, breaking today, follows that familiar flight plan:

Somebody get that guy a lozenge, stat.

Some of the GSD&M creatives who contributed to the campaign in the 2000s helped pilot its revival, so perhaps it's no surprise that the approach hasn't changed much.

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