New Qantas boarding and disembarkation music (2025)

[msam95]

Interesting update and release

I like how they’ve included subliminal clapping in disembarkation music
Perhaps customers will feel less of a need to erupt into clapping after a turbulent landing

 

[Chicken]

Boarding music? What is that? What do you mean? Is there music when you walk thru the door? Is this The Matrix? You all AFF part of The Matrix?

Seriously, my brain just does not register the elevator boarding music on most airlines. It's always boring, and when I'm boarding, I'm concentrating on finding my seat, putting my luggage away, and download all my e-mail for the one last time before take off. My brain is just so busy.

They should try this:

Yes, airlines should play this, so people would hurry up with playing Tetris in the overheads and sit down and shut up, so they don't block the rest of the plane from boarding.

Or, call Australia home, if it's QFi.

That's it. All other boarding music is just elevator music to me. If Qantas wants to be Aussie, play Australian artists from Hottest 100

And my comments is not just on QF. Every airline is the same.

 

[Hvr]

Maybe there should be different music for each destination? The Japanese do it for their train stations.

Music in Japanese train stations

Do you know about "eki-melody", the music played in Japanese train stations? These easily recognizable melodies are a quirk of stations in Japan.

www.japan-experience.com

 

[DejaBrew]

Boarding music? What is that? What do you mean? Is there music when you walk thru the door? Is this The Matrix? You all AFF part of The Matrix?

Seriously, my brain just does not register the elevator boarding music on most airlines. It's always boring, and when I'm boarding, I'm concentrating on finding my seat, putting my luggage away, and download all my e-mail for the one last time before take off. My brain is just so busy.


Yes, airlines should play this, so people would hurry up with playing Tetris in the overheads and sit down and shut up, so they don't block the rest of the plane from boarding.

Or, call Australia home, if it's QFi.

That's it. All other boarding music is just elevator music to me. If Qantas wants to be Aussie, play Australian artists from Hottest 100

And my comments is not just on QF. Every airline is the same.

I guess you’re not really the target audience. And that's just fine.

Whilst not to everyone's taste, boarding music (arguably) serves multiple purposes, such as -:

• Helping create a calm and welcoming atmosphere for passengers as they board, which can put some passengers more at east. This would be especially helpful for those who might be nervous or anxious about flying
• Creating a more pleasant soundscape that helps to mask the sound of the aircraft’s engines and other ambient noises that might otherwise disturb or unsettle some passengers
• Signaling different stages of the boarding process
• Reinforcing the airline's branding/identity or the cultural atmosphere of the region in which they operate

Obviously everyone will have a different opinion about the relative merits and/or degree of success regarding any of the above (or other) reasons for such music, but it's certainly a strategic tool that's employed with one or more purposes in mind.

 

[Happy Dude]

....boarding music on most airlines. It's always boring,

Not always. A few years ago VA SYD-CBR introduced me to DMAs as their (noticeably loud) boarding music. I had to shazam it and I'm now a big fan. They are from SYD but it didn't seem like an orchestrated choice or soundscape design by VA though. Felt more like the hostie just chucked on her fav CD at the time.

I like the Hottest 100 idea too. Provided the last 15 or so years are ignored. I'm that kind of old.

 

[serfty]

Back when Qantas first took over Impulse, the boarding music for those flights I took before they were fully integrated was "You Can't Fight the Moonlight" - the theme song from "Coyote Ugly".

 

[DejaBrew]

Back when Qantas first took over Impulse, the boarding music for those flights I took was "You Can't Fight the Moonlight" - the theme song from "Coyote Ugly".

Is it bad to admit to that song being a bit of a guilty pleasure…?

 

[AIRwin]

Back when Qantas first took over Impulse, the boarding music for those flights I took before they were fully integrated was "You Can't Fight the Moonlight" - the theme song from "Coyote Ugly".

I remember boarding a red eye flight in PER to the song "Intuition" by Jewel