| Title | GOMME À MACHER |
| Brand | AIR FRANCE |
| Product/Service | AIR FRANCE |
| Category |
A05. Travel, Transport & Leisure |
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Entrant
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BETC Paris, FRANCE
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Idea Creation
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BETC Paris, FRANCE
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Production
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RITA FILMS Paris, FRANCE
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Production 2
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GUM Paris, FRANCE
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Credits
| Rémi Babinet |
BETC |
Chief Creative Officer |
| Ivan Beczkowski |
BETC |
Executive Creative Director |
| Jasmine Loignon |
BETC |
Executive Creative Director |
| Marie-Eve Schoettl |
BETC |
Creative Director |
| David Soussan |
BETC |
Creative Director |
| Chloé Perignon |
BETC |
Art Director |
| Nathan Brunstein |
BETC |
Art Director |
| Chrystel Jung |
BETC |
Copywriter |
| Céline Mazza |
BETC |
Strategic Planning |
| Flaminguettes |
NA |
Director |
| Yannis Cullaz |
Rita |
Producer |
| Bertille Toledano, Tiphaine Du-Plessis, Brune FaiIlliot-Clémence Korber-Romain D |
BETC |
Agency Management |
| Caroline Fontane, Mélanie Guillain |
Air France |
Brand Management |
The Campaign
Many passengers suffer from pain in their ears during take off and landing because of pressure variations. To restore the pressure, you only have to chew!
That’s why we decided to create the “La gomme à mâcher” by Air France, the first “à la française” chewing gum for take off and landing. La gomme à mâcher tastes like France, with two flavours inspired by iconic French desserts: Macaron pistache and Crème brûlée. It is produced in France with 100% natural gum.
When you travel with Air France, you already have an “avant-goût” of France. The Gomme à mâcher operation is the perfect example of this.
Campaign Success
First we had to create the product, from research on the flavours to the packaging design. We also identified the right partners to create a 100% natural gum that is produced in France. We added a little paper in every pack to get the customer to stay clean and chic to throw their gum away.
Then La gomme à mâcher was distributed in selected flights and at Air France lounges. It was also sold on Airfanceshopping and at the famous Colette shop in Paris.
The media campaign supported the launch to create awareness around the product to a larger audience, with a film displayed online and all its shorter versions on social media to optimize the use of every social media platform.
Describe the success of the promotion with both client and consumer including some quantifiable results
70 000 Gomme à mâcher packs were produced
More than 25 million media impressions and 6 million views of the launch video
Extensive press coverage in France and abroad in both trade and travel press. (Business insider, Lonelyplanet, Lefigaro, Marie Claire…)
Explain why the method of promotion was most relevant to the product or service
Many passengers suffer from pain in their ears during take off and landing because of pressure variations. To restore the pressure, you only have to chew!
That’s why we decided to create the “La gomme à mâcher” by Air France, the first “à la française” chewing gum for take off and landing. La gomme à mâcher tastes like France, with two flavours inspired by iconic French desserts: Macaron pistache and Crème brûlée.
La gomme à mâcher was distributed in selected flights and at Air France lounges. It was also sold on Airfanceshopping and at the famous Colette shop in Paris.
In the airline market where competition is always tough, our brand positioning “France is in the air” is essential to consolidate Air France’s difference and create brand preference.
Through customer experience we were able to identify areas of tension for passengers and ease them with little things that highlight the quality of the Air France service.
In this campaign we focused on take off and landing, a real moment of tension for a lot of passengers.