{"id":7569,"date":"2019-04-01T00:01:52","date_gmt":"2019-03-31T14:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/?p=7569"},"modified":"2020-05-01T13:30:01","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T03:30:01","slug":"tall-tales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wotif.co.nz\/vc\/blog\/australia\/tall-tales\/","title":{"rendered":"WOW! Introducing the world\u2019s first airline for tall people ?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Updated at 12pm on 1 April 2019.<\/em><\/p>\n

Sorry, tall friends! Emu Airlines is nothing more than an April Fools\u2019 Day joke. We hope you found it emusing ?<\/em><\/p>\n

Scroll down to the bottom of this post for some real airlines that have all your tall-travel needs covered.<\/em><\/p>\n

Like the rest of Australia, we here at Wotif love Big Things. Whether they\u2019re Big Pineapples, Big Bananas, Big Rams or Big Melons<\/a>, we can\u2019t get enough of them. But when it comes to travel, there\u2019s one larger-than-life group that we think has been shamefully neglected \u2013 and that\u2019s tall people.<\/p>\n

But not anymore. Today Wotif is proud to launch Emu Airlines \u2013 the world\u2019s first airline catering exclusively to tall travellers.<\/p>\n

Wotif\u2019s Emu Airlines \u2013 the world\u2019s first airline for tall people<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Wotif Managing Director Daniel Finch believes the situation currently facing vertically gifted travellers is \u201cthe height of injustice\u201d. He says:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhether it\u2019s having their knees crushed by the seat in front of them, having to fake-laugh at endless \u2018You should have been a basketball player\u2019 jokes, or being asked to put EVERYONE\u2019S bags in the overhead compartment, flying can be a real nightmare for our tall friends. Today, with Emu Airlines, Wotif says no more!\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Emu Airlines banner at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sky-high traveller Grant Alto admits that when he first heard about Emu Airlines, he thought it was a tall tale. We had an uphill battle trying to convince him the lofty idea was actually happening. But when we finally did, he became quite emu-tional.<\/p>\n

\u201cLike a real emu, I thought I was just too tall to fly. Emu Airlines has given me back my wings!\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Grant Alto gets a sneak peek inside one of the new Emu Airlines planes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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With Emu Airlines, Wotif is really raising the bar for air-travel comfort. We\u2019re lifting the one-and-a-half-mile-high game with:<\/p>\n