Dambuster From Switzerland, joined Nov 2006, 121 posts, RR: 1 Posted (3 years 3 weeks 6 days 12 hours ago) and read 6449 times:
As some know, there's a relatively new airline based at GVA called Fly Baboo. Now I'm not arguing whether it's a profitable airline or not... I was just wondering why they named it like this. There are many airlines like Edelweiss, Belair etc, which their names make more sense than Baboo. Does anyone know the origins of this naming?
DeltaGator From United States, joined Sep 2005, 6341 posts, RR: 19 Reply 11, posted (3 years 3 weeks 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 6296 times:
Does it actually mean something in Swiss or whatever various languages the Swiss speak? I was thinking of the whole thing with Linus from the Peanuts myself. Other than that I think it sounds absolutely retarded.
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BA From United States, joined May 2000, 10725 posts, RR: 72 Reply 12, posted (3 years 3 weeks 6 days 8 hours ago) and read 6289 times:
Quoting DeltaGator (Reply 11): Does it actually mean something in Swiss or whatever various languages the Swiss speak?
The official languages of Switzerland are German, French, Italian, and Romansh.
And no, Baboo is not a word of any of those languages. It's certainly not a French word, considering that Fly Baboo is based in Geneva, which is in the French-speaking part of Switzerland.
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N960AS From Switzerland, joined Apr 2000, 442 posts, RR: 10 Reply 16, posted (3 years 3 weeks 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 6188 times:
I flew Baboo in May from GVA to FLR. Their two DHC-8s are named "Sammy" and "Tofu" after the airline's founder's dogs. I can't remember which one came first but I think it's on their website.
Coal From United States, joined Aug 2006, 1011 posts, RR: 4 Reply 20, posted (3 years 3 weeks 6 days ago) and read 6030 times:
Fly Baboo isn't all that new. AFAIK they've been around for 5/6 yrs now. But hey, looks like the Pakistani restauranteur in Seinfeld found a business to venture in!
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DeltaGator From United States, joined Sep 2005, 6341 posts, RR: 19 Reply 21, posted (3 years 3 weeks 5 days 23 hours ago) and read 6009 times:
Quoting BA (Reply 12):
The official languages of Switzerland are German, French, Italian, and Romansh.
Thanks. I knew there was no "Swiss" language and the only one of those 4 I didn't remember was the Romansh one. I thought there might be some localized name or word.
Without that I'm going with either Linus' nickname from Sally or the Pakistani character from Seinfeld.
"If you can't delight in the misery of others then you don't deserve to be a college football fan."
Actually, that is not quite true. The "Swiss" German is a lot different to the "German" German. As a matter of fact it's so different that the Germans cannot understand us, however we can understand them perfectly, because there is no official written form of the "Swiss" German. Everything is written in German except if we write stuff like texts, non-official letters or chat (msn, icq, etc.). There is our own way of writing Swiss German, however there is, as i said, no official form or any grammer or vocabulory books of Swiss German.
26 Shinkai: baboo sounds like some vulgarity. "get your baboo a$$ off the computer!" "baboo! now i have to type it all over again!
28 Breiz: Correct. Julian Cook and Perret created Baboo SA, Geneva, in October 2002, a company to produce CDs and other stuff in relation with snowboarding, su
29 MIAMIx707: so.. what are the languages of the blue regions? isn't that a food?
31 ZRH: Or probably mermaidian oh sorry, lakemaidian?
32 ElmoTheHobo: I lived in Suisse Romande for a few years during the time FlyBaboo launched. It wasn't until I left the region that I found it the real name was FlyBa
33 Viasa: Thats wrong. The dog has the name Tofu...
34 Flykal: Well if this airline were operating in Korea, it would translate to "Fly Idiot" as Baboo means idiot here!! another case of lost in translation...
35 DeltaGator: Beautiful! Note to self...add Baboo to list of names not to call a Korean martial arts master unless ready to get ass kicked.
37 MIAMIx707: wow!! I've never heard of those 3 languages before!
38 Legallykev: I loved the little mini's they were driving around GVA with the FlyBaboo logo on it... they were so cute. I used to work for a bank on the Quai du Seu
39 Legallykev: I actually found a picture of it on their website
41 ElmoTheHobo: As in the club? They gave out flyers with big ticket receipts at Platinum or B Club for awhile featuring FlyBaboo and their new flight to Ibiza.
42 Fewsolarge: Apologies, but it sounds like a racial epithet to me ... along the lines of "macaca" or "Sambo." It strikes me as a really bizarre choice.
43 DZ09: That's it. After his pakistani restaurant went bust. He got deported after Elaine misplaced his immigration papers, so he settled in Geneva. After a
44 Alphonze: It's a French language trait to come up with meaningless brand names that look like "Baboo" - the two or three syllable, ends-in-oo words occur regula
45 Helvknight: The blue areas on the map are lakes.
46 Vfw614: I was wondering if a combined Darwin and Flybaboo could form the nucleus of a new Swiss regional airline operating 50 seaters. Swiss has disposed of e
47 Debonair: I think Baboo is a great, unique name... It always reminds me about an airline in Switzerland! Much better than "Air Sahara"- as kid I always believed
48 RJ100: They decided to abandon the idea of letting operate flights by partner airlines (with 50 seaters) and now opearate the flights itself, selling the ov
49 Vfw614: I was more thinking about ZRH and not about creating a Crossair II operation at BSL. There are a couple of markets that were served from ZRH in the pa
50 Lsgg: It is actually the own and private car of Julian Cook, the CEO of Flybaboo !! How funny it is, isn't it ? Well I've heard two years ago an interview
51 RICARIZA: I respect your opinion, but IMO "Ted" is very good.. is immediately identifiable to United, but hip and modern.. I really like it and IMO is much bet
52 Cgnnrw: Is it pronounced Fly Ba-buuuh? Fly baaaa-Buh? or Fly baaa-booooo???
54 Dambuster: Whatever, just wanted to know what you thought of it... now, this question is more Swiss: If you had the opportunity to name a new airline in Switzerl
55 Lsgg: I think Flybaboo is a cool name but also a non-sence name for an airline. However I like very much their slogan : A breath of Swiss Air We would pers
56 MIAMIx707: In Spanish it sounds stupid, and in english it doesn't sound cool or hip or anything. Not to mention the livery is lame. Air Sahara on the other hand
57 Lsgg: I'm agree that Flybaboo livery is not a success at all And I'm glad to see that Darwin is coming back with a more Swiss livery ! Finally I'm looking
58 MIAMIx707: That's nice although looks a lot like a former Crossair livery (minus the thin fuselage wavy line). This is a bit too "white" and plain. Probably pre
59 Lsgg: I would by the Swissair name and logo and use it ! The crossair one was also excellente... To me Swissair is the perfect name for a Swiss airlines an
60 Dambuster: Agreed, too bad they don't exist anymore... though the SWISS livery ain't that bad either especailly the tail, reminds me of those 747Bs, well at leas
61 Debonair: Well, don't you remember 1998?? Nearly 10yrs. ago a SWA took off and shortly folded... Still BAD memories on the name... View Large View MediumPhoto
62 ZRHnerd: Acquiring SR's brand name still holds too many risks regarding the liquidation of SR, that's why nobody has done it to date.
63 Lsgg: Of course I do ! But I mean Swiss World Airlines instead of Swiss World Airways I find that name really cool (Appart bad memories of course)
64 Lsgg: Of course but I've always wondered something : In the early New Crossair concept (before that damned 2 October 01) it was question that Crossair woul
65 ZRHnerd: It was abandoned for the same reason as i stated above. Too many financial risks connected with the brand name "Swissair". Just think of how many peo
66 Lsgg: Yeah it's quite logical. The interesting thing is that it had been on the table once (clearely shown by Rene Luchtiger, on his book and on Grounding
67 Dambuster: I agree totally, though what I do not realise (it must be in the "Droit de Poursuite") is the time limit, i.e. how many years does it take to remove a
68 Lsgg: I miss both : Swissair brand name and Swissair livery Anyway one man, one opinion !
69 Fbgdavidson: FlyBaboo? An utterly ridiculous name, for me it conjures images of clowns for flight attendants with squirty flowers in their uniforms and that stupid
70 Lsgg: Now that you say... Yes I'm quite agree with you
71 Breiz: As suggested by Debonair, the silliness of the name Air Sahara is that it's a domestic airline which operates in India !!! http://www.airsahara.net/s
72 Dambuster: @ LSGG, check this: http://www.20min.ch/ro/news/economie...&pollid=6812&pollanswer=1&layout=1 If you're an SR nostalgic... well I am!
73 Lsgg: So cool !!! Actually I've read today that article and I saw an add on Swissair.aero yesterday. That project is very cool
74 BA787: I have a theory. Notice how the ba in baboo is highlighted maybe suggesting BA in the name, it then goes boo. Maybe it ia ajiibe at BA flyBAboo anothe
75 Dambuster: Nah... It's just too bad they chose such a ridiculous name.
76 Travellin'man: And I thought it was re-branding for Air India or Biman....
77 Himmat01: Out here in India, Baboo means a buraucrat. That too an in efficent one.
78 RootsAir: His dog's name is tofu and is mascot of the airline Well I saw a TV program where Julian cook said that Baboo in India was some sort of noble person
79 Dambuster: You are right! It's quite similar! I thought it was sort of linked to baboons etc.. but it makes sense! Thanks!
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