Airlines

Benfica shirt sponsor Emirates marked the start of 2022 with an on-pitch skills challenge offering season ticketholders the chance to win round trips to Dubai.

To leverage its sponsorship of the 2019 Fiba Basketball World Cup in China, Aeroflot activated its status as presenting partner of the FIBA Basketball World Cup Trophy Tour via a multi-strand campaign that included a collective video, app, social, pop-ups and a ticket contest.

Ahead of the 2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Abu Dhabi, Etihad launched a campaign spanning television, cinema, online and at-event promotion to link the brand to the property’s values of tolerance, diversity and unity.

The Sevens’ co-title partner activated its rights in 2019 with a domestic focus: build local support for brand and event by making the Sevens and the city inseparable.

The stand-out activation in Malaysia Airlines' three-season partnership with Liverpool was a spring 2018 contest that incentivised fans to create and share their unique Liverpool cheers.

In 2016-17, Delta leveraged its Chelsea partnership to refresh its in-flight safety video with an animated film featuring stars Willian, Gary Cahill and César Azpilicueta.

At the start of December 2019, Qatar Airlines leveraged its sponsorships with AS Roma, FC Bayern Munich and Fifa with an in-flight safety video based around a fictional pre-match team-talk.

Ahead of the All Blacks making the trip to Japan for the 2019 Rugby World Cup, Air New Zealand dropped a ‘safety video’ and support-building marketing campaign.

In 2016, Emirates leveraged its Hamburg shirt sponsorship with an on-pitch ‘safety demonstration’ that became a social media video phenomenon.

Emirates unveiled its ‘Fly Better’ brand promise in October-November 2018, with a launch phase led by the airline’s sports sponsorship portfolio and culminating with AC Milan’s home game against Juventus.

Manchester City shirt and stadium sponsor Etihad worked with the club to create a global skills challenge – running from November 2018 and finishing in June 2019 – based around a seven-stop football freestyler tour of key airline destinations.

The Swiss Ice Hockey Federation has extended deals with two of its major sponsors, watchmaker Tissot and the Swiss airline

Sports marketing agency Pitch International has brokered three partnership deals for the Brasil Global Tour – the series of international friendlies played by Brazil’s national football team in the run …

Qatar Airways has agreed a deal to sponsor the Eden Park stadium in Auckland, New Zealand. Qatar Airways will serve as the stadium’s official airline partner.

American Airlines has become the inaugural “founding partner” of the $5bn Los Angeles Stadium and Entertainment District in Inglewood, California, and has secured the naming rights to its plaza area. A 2.5-a

The Raiders' stadium in Las Vegas will be officially known as Allegiant Stadium after the National Football League team announced a naming-rights deal with Allegiant Air

Argentinian Superliga football club River Plate has sealed a three-season contract for Turkish Airlines to become its new Main Sponsor

Argentinian Superliga football club River Plate has reportedly ended its search for a shirt sponsor by agreeing a deal with Turkish Airlines