Viva Las Vegas!
Sir Richard Branson and Dita Von Tease on the aircraft wing
Virgin Atlantic recently celebrated 10 years of flying to Las Vegas with a 3 day trip to the self proclaimed ‘Entertainment Capital of the World’, and kindly invited Southampton Freight Services along to enjoy the occasion!
After a direct flight from Gatwick Airport with Virgin Atlantic, Sir Richard Branson met the aircraft on the tarmac at Las Vegas airport with Burlesque dancer Dita Von Tease, and an entourage of 100 journalists and photographers for a photo shoot on the wing of the aircraft.
Our Managing Director was kindly whisked away for a three days of entertainment and events as a thank you for our continued support of the British carrier.
Sir Richard and Dita Von Tease alongside the personally named aircraft
We use Virgin Cargo extensively on many of their direct routes, including our fresh produce and ships supplies into the Barbados, St Lucia and Montego Bay each year for the cruise vessels we serve.
Sir Richard, with a high profile reputation for daring stunts, world record challenges and glitzy party’s decided to tone down his ‘stunt’ from his last visit to Las Vegas, when he abseiled the Palms hotel in high winds resulting in some serious friction burns to the seat of his pants!
taking to the water at the Bellagio Hotel
'conducting' the water jets at Bellagio
Sir Richard takes an stewardess for ride
This time a slightly more subdued ‘conducting’ of the water fountains at the world famous Bellagio hotel was order of the day, although a jet ski stunt with a Virgin air hostess directly afterwards resulted in an unplanned swim!
...and taking a swim!
Cutting the cake - celebrating 10 years of flights to Las Vegas
Our Managing Director meets Sir Richard
Southampton Freight Services Ltd have worked closely with Virgin since our formation in 1998, supporting their routes heavily with both export, import and cross trade cargo. We also control their coastwise trucking operation between London and Southampton, allowing us to route our import consignments from all over the world directly into our bonded warehouse, where we offer reduced rates on delivery, customs clearance, airline handling and storage. Please ask our team about the services we offer, we would be delighted to explain to you in greater detail.
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