--- title: Men in Black In Flight Safety Video for Air New Zealand description: Air New Zealand releases a Men in Black themed in flight safety video canonical: https://time.com/3995293/men-in-black-airnewzealand-in-flight-safety-video/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-12T21:38:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:23:22.630Z og:title: Men in Black In Flight Safety Video for Air New Zealand og:description: Air New Zealand releases a Men in Black themed in flight safety video og:url: https://time.com/3995293/men-in-black-airnewzealand-in-flight-safety-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Men in Black In Flight Safety Video for Air New Zealand twitter:description: Air New Zealand releases a Men in Black themed in flight safety video twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Air New Zealand's _Men in Black_\-Themed In-Flight Safety Video Is a Total 90s Throwback  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Aug 12, 2015 9:38 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Aug 12, 2015 9:38 PM UTC Air New Zealand has released an in-flight safety video to the tune of the hit film _Men in Black._ The airline teamed up with the “All Blacks,” New Zealand’s national rugby team, with team members Dan Carter and Captain Richie McCaw appearing as “Men in Black” agents. Other international rugby stars make cameos, such as former England Captain Martin Johnson and former Captain of the Argentine team Agustin Pichot. But the singing pug is the best part, obviously. In the [last couple of years,](http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/27/travel/airline-safety-videos-a-seat-belt-reminder-and-a-smile.html?%5Fr=0) Air New Zealand has been one of the airlines — along with Delta, United, Virgin America, and Southwest Airlines — that has been turning traditionally boring in-flight safety videos into [viral videos](http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-united-airlines-inflight-safety-video-20140731-story.html) so that people will watch and learn from them. These clips can range from an original rap to a country song to a [stand-up comedy routine](http://time.com/62077/watch-flight-attendant-gives-the-funniest-in-flight-safety-demo-ever/). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3995293/men-in-black-airnewzealand-in-flight-safety-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3995293/men-in-black-airnewzealand-in-flight-safety-video/"},"headline":"Air New Zealand's Men in Black-Themed In-Flight Safety Video Is a Total 90s Throwback","datePublished":"2015-08-12T21:38:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:23:22.630Z","description":"Featuring a singing pug","url":"https://time.com/3995293/men-in-black-airnewzealand-in-flight-safety-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Internet"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3995293/men-in-black-airnewzealand-in-flight-safety-video/","name":"Air New Zealand's Men in Black-Themed In-Flight Safety Video Is a Total 90s Throwback"}}]}] ```