The Sexiest Airline Advertisements

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Actually an advertisement for Lynx, which is the UK's name for Axe Bodyspray, this ad pretty much shows what an airline would be like if a total dude bro was running it.

Braniff Airlines had this classic commercial depicting the various outfits its stewardesses wore in-flight.

Discount airline Spirit has often gone for the "sex sells" route for their ads, sometimes even having strippers towed around in a mobile advertisement for their Vegas rates. These ads saying "Come Check Out The Oil On Our Beaches" came out during the time of the BP Oil Spill, and were thought by many to be in poor taste.

Pan Am has always had great campaigns, this vintage one depicting Florida is just one of many examples.

Company SkyEurope plastered the visage of fashion model Adriana Sklenarikova Karembeu on the side of its planes during its better days.

This commercial depicts a lone stewardess waxing nostalgic about air travel in a skimpy outfit.

Pan Am released a series of ads portraying different exotic women hailing from the numerous locales the company could fly you to. In this case, it's Hawaii.

Southwest Airlines caught flack for putting Sports Illustrated swimsuit model on the sides of its planes. It was done as part of a deal with SI, but we're guessing people were complaining about not being able to see her from the inside.

Part of a questionable series of advertisements depicting exotic women, these three beauties were expected to greet you in Rio, at least, if you had Pan Am fly you there.

In a series of commercials, Air New Zealand painted people depicting their employees in body paint designed to look like uniforms to emphasize that the brand had nothing to hide in its low fares.

This Italian woman was part of a Pan Am ad campaign supposedly depicting the types of women you would encounter in the destinations Pan Am flew you to.

Commemorating the 25th anniversary of Virgin Airlines, this throwback ad channels the '80s and was ultimately deemed more empowering than sexist by its critics.

Comprised of a tanned, fit woman with wings made of Ecuador's best exports, this ad gets its point across well without being sleazy.

This controversial commercial depicts several bikini-clad flight attendants washing down a plane while being ogled.

This series of Air France Ads were subtle in their sexiness, tying in the Air France logo into a sultry passenger's clothing.