Coffee, tea or Sir Richard Branson?
Aviation history, of sorts, will be made on May 12 as AirAsia X’s flight D7 237 departs Perth in Western Australia for Kuala Lumpur with Sir Richard Branson serving on board as a flight attendant.
The Virgin Group entrepreneur will take to the skies as a female flight attendant to honour a wager with AirAsia.
More than two years after losing a bet to AirAsia Group CEO, Tony Fernandes, on who had the better Formula 1 team, Sir Richard – complete with make-up, a pair of high heels and freshly smoothed legs – will strut his stuff as a flight attendant on an AirAsia X charity flight from Perth to Kuala Lumpur.
Sir Richard and Tony Fernandes had wagered on which one of their Formula One racing teams (then Virgin and Lotus) would finish ahead of each other in their debut season of the 2010 Formula One Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi, and that the loser would serve as a female flight attendant on board the winner’s airline.
Tony Fernandes’ then Team Lotus finished two spots above Sir Richard’s Marussia Virgin Racing team in the final rankings.
Fares on the flight will cost AUD399 one way, with AUD100 from each seat to be donated by AirAsia X to the Starlight Children’s Foundation in Australia.
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