<p>On Friday morning, several Indian airlines took to Twitter to engage users in a long thread meant to elicit laughs and witty comebacks amid the coronavirus lockdown that has kept passengers and airlines firmly on the ground.</p>.<p>IndiGo playfully teased its rivals by engaging in a Twitter banter resulting in comic wordplays on airlines’ advertising slogans.</p>.<p>IndiGo began by asking Air Vistara “not flying higher?” in reply to which the airlines tagged peer GoAir, punning on its tagline “fly smart”:</p>.<p>AirAsia and SpiceJet also joined this thread exchanging quips on the others’ trademark business taglines.</p>.<p>Stressing the importance of staying home, staying safe, which for airlines will be translated to #stayingparkedstayingsafe, the Delhi and Bengaluru airports’ Twitter handles also responded to the thread:</p>.<p><br /><br />Flight captains, and crew members also responded to this thread saying they couldn’t wait to fly again soon:<br /><br /></p>.<p><br /><br />Twitter users came up with more hilarious responses on the Twitter thread. A user suggested that the airlines were probably ‘grounded’ because of Kunal Kamra wished so upon them.<br /> </p>.<p>Another user asked whether the airlines were following social distancing norms in the hangars, to which Vistara replied that it has a long-distance relationship with IndiGo.</p>.<p>Several users also asked for Air India to be roped into this thread but the national airlines never responded. <br /><br />IndiGo, Vistara, and SpiceJet also kept users engaged with memes and witty comebacks.</p>
<p>On Friday morning, several Indian airlines took to Twitter to engage users in a long thread meant to elicit laughs and witty comebacks amid the coronavirus lockdown that has kept passengers and airlines firmly on the ground.</p>.<p>IndiGo playfully teased its rivals by engaging in a Twitter banter resulting in comic wordplays on airlines’ advertising slogans.</p>.<p>IndiGo began by asking Air Vistara “not flying higher?” in reply to which the airlines tagged peer GoAir, punning on its tagline “fly smart”:</p>.<p>AirAsia and SpiceJet also joined this thread exchanging quips on the others’ trademark business taglines.</p>.<p>Stressing the importance of staying home, staying safe, which for airlines will be translated to #stayingparkedstayingsafe, the Delhi and Bengaluru airports’ Twitter handles also responded to the thread:</p>.<p><br /><br />Flight captains, and crew members also responded to this thread saying they couldn’t wait to fly again soon:<br /><br /></p>.<p><br /><br />Twitter users came up with more hilarious responses on the Twitter thread. A user suggested that the airlines were probably ‘grounded’ because of Kunal Kamra wished so upon them.<br /> </p>.<p>Another user asked whether the airlines were following social distancing norms in the hangars, to which Vistara replied that it has a long-distance relationship with IndiGo.</p>.<p>Several users also asked for Air India to be roped into this thread but the national airlines never responded. <br /><br />IndiGo, Vistara, and SpiceJet also kept users engaged with memes and witty comebacks.</p>
