Stay classy, Spirit Airlines:
A new advertisement posted on Spirit Airlines’ website Tuesday has tongues wagging — and not because of the scantily clad women it features.
The ad — promoting a $50 discount on travel to the carrier’s coastal destinations — appears to make light of the ongoing BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
In it, a series of photos of tanning-oil-drenched women in bikinis appears with the slogan “Check Out The Oil On Our Beaches.”
The slide show, featuring destinations in Cancun, Mexico; Fort Lauderdale, Florida; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Atlantic City, New Jersey, culminates in a closeup of two green-and-yellow bottles of “Best Protection” 50 SPF sunscreen, with the B and P highlighted to stand out.
The ad campaign prompted outcry from news media to Twitter, with people calling it “offensive,” “tasteless,” and “a remarkably poor … choice.”
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