Wednesday, March 21, 2018


Post 3: YouTube Differences
By: Satinderpal Singh
Topic: International Airlines
Qatar Airways
The company uploads a new video on their YouTube on a weekly basis and there may be more than 1 video in a single week.
The videos that the company uploads are about the different locations people can travel with the Qatar airways. This also helps people find different holiday locations and also helps the company introduce their new flights to different nations. Most of the content on the YouTube is video based and is informative in purpose.
In the description, company provides the purpose and information about the video. Description also includes Links to various other social media accounts of the company. Company has links to its Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Google+ Accounts.
·         Qatar Airways uploaded a video a week ago about illegal blockade. This video has about 28000 views in just a week and also has 801 likes (Youtube, 2018).
·         This video gained audience because the topic is related with the entire industry and there are a number of people who would keep track of this sort of things.

5). Qatar Airways Video on YouTube with about 28000 views

Link to the Qatar Airways video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA1QXfeqgF4&t=2s
Company’s YouTube page has about 87,000 subscribers and the views on the videos range from 3 thousand on the new videos and even more than 158,000 on the older videos. The number of like exceeds the number of dislikes in almost every video.

Lufthansa:
Company uploads a video after every week on YouTube and there is just one video in a week.
The videos uploaded by the company usually have information about the new services and products being provided by the company. There are certain videos on the planes and the hangar of Lufthansa. The videos are about spreading information about the company. YouTube page of the company also has content that is written in German as Lufthansa is a German company.
The description in the videos of the company has links to the other social media accounts of company including Foursquare which is absent in Qatar Airways. Most of the information in the description is in German.
A video with the title New Lufthansa Livery/ Lufthansa was uploaded 3 weeks ago.
·         This video has more than 700,000 views. The video also gathered about 1000 likes. (Youtube L. , 2018)
·         The video is about a new plane line that is being brought in by the company.
·         The video was successful as people are interested in the new technology is being used by the company and this video had a detailed information about the plane. This builds up enthusiasm inside people to try what new id being provided.

6). Recent successful video for Lufthansa

Link for the Lufthansa Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTnQFm38kt8
The company has about 48,000 subscribers and company has an average 80% higher likes than the dislikes. This views on the videos are according to the time that they have stayed on YouTube. Company also has video featuring ordinary people and their views on Lufthansa flight experience.

Qatar Airways
Lufthansa
Subscribers
 Around 87,000
Around 48,000
Views on the successful video
27,998
705,173
Links to other social media sites in description.
Yes ( Except Foursquare)
Yes
Languages used in videos
English
German and English
Subtitles
No
For the videos in German
The following is the table which gives a look upon the differences between the companies.


Qatar Airways may have higher number of subscribers but Lufthansa is also getting advantages because of the languages they use. The companies market themselves using other social media accounts and both companies have their links given in the description. Qatar Airways just has 4 social media links but Lufthansa also has link for Foursquare.






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