--- title: Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie: Airline Uses Split to Sell Flights description: This Norwegian airline is using Angelina Jolie's divorce from Brad Pitt to advertise discounted flights canonical: https://time.com/4505709/brad-pitt-norwegian-airlines-angelina-jolie/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-23T14:52:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:38.453Z og:title: Airline Uses Brad Pitt's Single Status to Push Cheap Flights og:description: "Brad er single" og:url: https://time.com/4505709/brad-pitt-norwegian-airlines-angelina-jolie/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc8fd281e5601f748/6988a6e2f887dc9a31e977ec/brangelina2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: brangelina og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Airline Uses Brad Pitt's Single Status to Push Cheap Flights twitter:description: "Brad er single" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc8fd281e5601f748/6988a6e2f887dc9a31e977ec/brangelina2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Airline Uses Brad Pitt's Split From Angelina Jolie to Advertise Cheap Flights > Sponsored content. 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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt arrive at the AFI FEST 2015 Opening Night Gala Premiere of Universal Pictures' 'By The Sea' in Hollywood, Calif. on Nov. 5, 2015. Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic/Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Sep 23, 2016 2:52 PM UTC After the news broke Tuesday that Angelina Jolie had [filed for divorce](http://time.com/4501232/brad-pitt-angelina-jolie-divorce-internet-reactions/) from Brad Pitt, people [reacted in various ways](http://time.com/4501740/brangelina-status-update/) to the announcement, but many were [saddened](http://time.com/4502734/george-clooney-reacts-brad-pitt-angelina-jolie/) by the news. Seeing the plus side, however, Norwegian Airlines created an advertisement for cheap flights, capitalizing on Brad Pitt’s new single status. The company released the ad for significantly discounted flights from Oslo in Norway, to Los Angeles, where Pitt is based. “Brad is single,” one version of the ad read. Another took the form of a dating ad, announcing that a newly single LA actor was seeking a partner with a “GSOH” (good sense of humor). Recently, Norwegian Air’s chief commercial officer [promised](http://www.businessinsider.com/norwegian-air-boeing-737-max-sell-69-dollar-tickets-europe-2016-9) that once a new fleet of aircrafts are ready in 2017, the public will see trans-Atlantic flights with $69 fares. See the ads below. > [](https://twitter.com/evedsouza/status/779223965122367488) > [](https://twitter.com/NorwegianUK/status/778918061906812928) ## Transcript Starting with the latest in the Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie divorce. The FBI has confirmed their involvement in the Brad Pitt abuse investigation. In a statement to people they say, the FBI is continuing to gather facts and will evaluate whether an investigation at the federal level will be pursued. Meanwhile a source with knowledge of the situation tells people Pitt did not strike his son Maddox during a heated mid flight argument with Angelina Jolie last week According to the source, Pitt was drunk and arguing with Angelina and says quote there was a parent- child argument which was not handled in the right way and escalated more than it should have. The source said Pitt did not hurt his son, he is emphatic that it did not reach the level of physical abuse That no one was physically harmed. He did not hit his child in the face in any way. He did not do that. He is emphatic about that. He put his hands on him, yes, because the confrontation was spiraling out of control. Now, a source close to Pitt says any accusations beyond that are a combination of exaggerations and lies. That source goes on to say " they have taken the overall smallest kernal of truth that a fight got out of hand and reached a regrettable peak and that as a result DCFS is looking into it and they are manipulating it to best suit their attempts. To gain custody. 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