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Your New Flight Attendant: Richard Branson or Tony Fernandes

Will Horton
 on December 21, 2009 9:03 AM | | Comments () | TrackBacks (0) |
To promote their new Formula One racing teams, airline tycoons Sir Richard Branson of Virgin and Tony Fernandes of AirAsia have made quite the unusual bet.

They are each a principal sponsor of F1, and the loser in a stakes race will have to dress up as a flight attendant and serve passengers on the winner's airline.

That means Fernandes could play dress up on Virgin, or Branson could be a trolley dolly on AirAsia X, AirAsia's long-haul carrier. Ironically, Branson's Virgin Group has a 20% stake in AirAsia X.

You may have to see it to believe it, but AirAsia's marketing group is nearly there with this Photoshop concoction.

Branson AA Pic.jpgThat photo may be funny, but the two are serious: Fernandes said in a statement AirAsia is applying for Branson's security clearance from Malaysia's Department of Civil Aviation.

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