Fallon takes all in £60m UA pitch
United Airlines is consolidating its £60m global advertising business into Fallon Worldwide. The airline awarded the business, worth about £5m in the UK, after a two-way pitch between the incumbents Fallon and Young & Rubicam.
United Airlines is consolidating its &£60m global advertising business into Fallon Worldwide.
The airline awarded the business, worth about &£5m in the UK, after a two-way pitch between the incumbents Fallon and Young & Rubicam.
Publicis-owned Fallon has handled the US creative work, the bulk of the business, since 1996. Y&R has handled advertising for the rest of the world, which is worth about 35 per cent of the advertising spend.
The review was called because the airline wants a consistent global advertising message. The airline also hopes the review will be a cost-cutting exercise after it experienced a difficult summer.
Fallon has been appointed at an important time for the airline. Last week it announced plans to buy rival airline US Airways for $11.6bn (&£7.9bn). The merger of the two airlines will create the world’s largest carrier, and if it passes the regulator it will allow UA to control half of the US air-travel market.
It is not known if media, which is handled by Media Edge, will be reviewed.
Y&R was recently bought by global communications holding company WPP Group.
