Client
Volotea
Industry
Overview
Ever tried flying between small and medium sized cities in Europe? Then you’ll know how frustrating it can be. Long stopovers and high costs contribute to an altogether unsatisfying experience. Volotea is here to change that.
From its conception until today, Saffron has been Volotea’s strategic branding partner, helping them to build their brand and make it successful.
At home in the air
Focusing on what people needed in terms of flying and travelling, we imagined a disruptive brand idea: “Ex-centricity”. Excentricity as deviation from the normal, expected or established, and as a deviation from a circular path or orbit in mathematics.
Operating mainly out of Italy, France, Spain and Greece, Volotea connects smaller sized cities across Europe, bringing convenience and fair prices to people and places underserved by the bigger airlines.
The natural and distinctive visual identity was inspired by the classic every day Mediterranean tablecloth. Placing it in an unexpected context we aimed to bring a touch of familiarity to an otherwise quite alien experience.
Having identified the need to connect small and medium sized cities that aren’t easily connected, the purpose was defending normality – “Making normal what is usually rare”. Instead of an airline of countries, an airline of cities. Instead of central, local. In other words, the Brand Idea and the Business Model came together.
Big, new – Volotea
The name was inspired by the verb ‘volotear’ appearing for the first time in a poem by Pablo Neruda, Mariposa de Otoño. This simpler version of the Spanish verb ‘revolotear’ means to swirl around – something that the citizens of dozens of European cities will be doing more easily now that Volotea has taken off.
A few months after launch, Volotea was named ‘Biggest New Airline‘ at the Euro Annies 2012 and in 2017 it was awarded by Trip Advisor as the ‘Best Airline of Spain‘ and one of the 10 “Best Low Cost” airlines in Europe. In 2021 Volotea was awarded the “Leading European Low Cost Airline” at the World Travel Awards.
As Volotea goes from strength to strength, Saffron continues as their long-standing branding partner. Refining their experience and working closely with the team in activating the brand, we ensure that they can make their brand work on a daily basis to achieve their business goals.
