Jennifer Aniston helps poke fun at U.S. airlines
Jennifer Aniston, the adorable, girl-next-door actress, is helping Emirates Airline take shots at its U.S.-based competitors.
The former “Friends” star is featured in a new Emirates commercial that shows her experiencing the nightmare of wandering through what looks like a typical U.S. airline cabin in a bathrobe, looking for a shower and a bar. When she asks the flight attendants for directions to the shower, they laugh and offer her a hot towel and peanuts.
She awakes from the nightmare in an Emirates A380 jet, one of the few planes that features two showers and a bar for first-class passengers.
The commercial may represent a little payback by Emirates, which has been accused by United, American and Delta airlines of competing unfairly in the U.S. by accepting subsidies from its government owners, the United Arab Emirates. The airline has denied the charges.
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