An advert promoting a new British Airways route has left Glaswegians scratching their heads after the airline hilariously confused a bridge in the city with Portland in America.
The airline announced earlier this month that they would be offering direct flights from London to Portland next summer.
Despite Portland, Oregon being a 12 hour flight away, the online advertising campaign included a sight very familiar to Glaswegians.
Rather than posting an image of Portland’s famous Japanese Garden or the popular Oregon Zoo - BA bosses made an advertising blunder when they selected a picture of the South Portland Street suspension bridge in Glasgow.
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One Glaswegian who spotted the apparent mix-up wrote: “BA launched a new flight to Portland, but they mixed up S Portland Street Bridge in Glasgow with Portland, USA!”
Mistakes are bound to happen at this time of year as we muddle our way through the wine-quaffing, food-gobbling haze of Christmas and New Year.
And we've seen plenty of faux-pas in 2021, from CNN's lead political anchor Wolf Blitzer who "went the wrong way down the M8" to the Glasgow dad who mistook a fence for an exotic bird.
Despite the error, it's good news for folks in London eyeing up flights to see that gorgeous ‘Portland’ bridge in the ad. We’re just an hour flight from Heathrow! Catch you there.
