Air New Zealand's METALLICA-Themed Flight Lifts-Off To Auckland
October 14, 2010, 14 years ago
Vicki Anderson from Smh.com.au is reporting:
A pilot wearing a uniform is reassuring. A pilot with black eyeliner and matching nail polish is not.
However, that was what the passengers of Air New Zealand's METALLICA-themed flight got – and more – yesterday as they left Christchurch for the heavy metal legends' Auckland concert.
And the airport security metal detectors could not have been working as they should have been bleeping like crazy with the over 100 black-clad, gothic leather-wearing metal fans taking advantage of the $NZ1 ($A0.76) "grabaseat" deal to fly to the band's third New Zealand concert.
The party started a few hours before the flight, and featured an air-guitar performance by Louis Ewen, accompanied by metal tunes. It culminated in an air-guitar showdown between the pilots and the flight attendants.
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