Travel Company's Weird Ad With Naked Flight Attendants Doesn't Fly With Viewers (SFW)

Spot is deemed 'a total failure socially, morally and professionally'

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A travel company in Kazakhstan is defending a bizarre ad campaign that’s been widely panned across social media for featuring models posing naked as flight attendants to communicate that the brand’s services add nothing to the price of a plane ticket (get it?).

The spot remains up on Facebook and YouTube despite a slew of complaints that it is “demeaning,” “tasteless” and “unpleasant.” The design of the flights attendants’ cap is particularly shocking when they place them over their private parts toward the end of the spot.

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