Airline faces backlash for sexy in-flight fashion show
On Tuesday, aviation authorities fined budget airline Vietjet 40 million dong ($1,761) after lingerie-clad models put on a sultry in-flight fashion show for a soccer team.
Vietnam’s under-23 men’s team was returning home after losing to Uzbekistan in the Asian Cup on Sunday, Reuters reports.
Photos of the models and players surfaced online after the flight, where they sparked controversy.
“Who let these escaped chimpanzees on the plane welcome home the under-23 team?” wrote one Facebook user.
Vietjet, which has gained flak in the past for sending flight attendants into the skies in bikinis, has apologized for the gaffe.
“This was an improvised performance by the logistics team that was not part of the company’s program,” Vietjet executive Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao writes on the company’s Facebook page.
But model and DJ Lai Thanh, who participated in the fashion show, tells Reuters that a Vietjet rep told her to “grab a photo with the players.”
The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam also fined the flight’s chief stewardess the equivalent of $175 for the stunt.
“Despite the fact the Vietjet event didn’t jeopardize the safety of the flight, it could still have posed a safety risk,” they write in a statement.
Of course, not everyone is appalled by the stunt.
“Did it perk up the guys?” one Twitter user writes. “If it did, then the work the girls put into getting all dolled up was worth it for them.”
via: https://nypost.com/2018/02/02/airline-faces-backlash-for-sexy-in-flight-fashion-show/