After losing a bet made in 2010, Sir Richard Branson will have to dress up like a female flight attendant on a rival airline's flight.
Branson, the owner of Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Racing Formula One team is going to have to put on some stocking and a skirt to act as a flight attendant on an Air Asia flight. This will be the airline's first flight D7-237 from Perth to Kuala Lumpur.
Branson made a bet with Tony Fernandes, owner of AirAsia X and Lotus Racing two years ago. They bet that whichever owner's racing team finished lowest in the 2010 racing championships would have dress as a flight attendant for the rival airline.
At the end of the championship, both teams ended with zero point but Fernandes' Lotus F1 team outplaced Branson's Virgin Racing by securing better race finishing positions.
Now two years later, Branson is finally going to fulfill the bet. He is going to put on the Air Asia uniform for a female flight attendant and he'll serve passengers on AirAsia X's flight D7 237 from Perth to Kuala Lumpur on May 12.
"The day of reckoning for Sir Richard has finally arrived," Fernandes told the Daily Mail. "As an AirAsia X's flight attendant, he has to comply with our grooming standards and that includes shaving his legs, donning high heels, putting on some makeup and slipping into the AirAsia's famous red uniform."
"He will be committed to carry out the responsibilities of a flight attendant, including offering coffee, tea and other food and beverages to guests on the special 6-hour Perth to Kuala Lumpur flight.
"You never know, it might just be you being served by the legendary, dedicated flight attendant Sir Richard on this once-in-a-lifetime flight," Fernandes said.
Tickets are available for the flight and can be booked online at www.airasia.com from April 8 to May 12 until seats are no longer available.
The flight costs about $400 one way and a $100 portion of the money goes towards the Starlight Children's Foundation in Australia.
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