OK, look closely and you’ll see they are not quite the real thing! George Clooney isn’t bad, you just about get away with Angelina Jolie but Daniel Craig needs a bit of touching up!!
BA hired the lookalikes to wander around Terminal 5 to publicise the launch of the A380 “red carpet” route tomorrow – the superjumbo’s first long-haul flight from Heathrow to Los Angeles which will depart at 4.15pm. Passengers on the inaugural will be treated to music from Melanie C and Matt Cardle performing live in Terminal 5, ahead of the flight’s departure.
Dubbed the “red carpet route” for its glamour, style and direct route to Tinseltown, British Airways’ A380 already has a string of celebrity fans. These include Hollywood actress Thandie Newton who described it as “a grand hotel in the sky”, as well as actress Gemma Arterton, model Georgia May Jagger and South African rugby player Bryan Habana – all frequent fliers who helped to launch the route.
More than 318,000 Brits flock to Los Angeles every year, accounting for the top five international visitors to the city, along with Mexico, Canada, China and Australia. BA is selling return fares to LA from £508 return. Click here to book with British Airways
A380 fascinating facts:
- The length of the A380 is the equivalent of 8.5 double-decker buses, or 16 black cabs
- British designers have produced exclusive goodies for VIP guests on the A380 inaugural, including luxurious Sunspel pyjamas and a leather Dunhill case
- A five-course tasting menu by The Langham is available to First customers, including poached lobster, chicken tea and seared scallops
- Exclusive to A380 First class customers, the new Aromatherapy Associates washbag contains firming eye serum, revitalising moisturiser, deodorant and other goodies
- The surface of the A380 is covered in three layers of paint weighing around 500kg – the same weight as two Gorillas!
- The Airbus A380 is a double-deck, wide-body, four-engine jet with the lowest emissions per passenger of any large aircraft
- The A380 is the world’s largest commercial jet and 16 per cent more fuel efficient than the aircraft it replaces
- British Airways’ A380 will have a total of 469 seats over two decks with four cabins
- If all the wiring in the A380 is laid end to end, it would stretch from Edinburgh to London (320 miles)
- There’s more than 130 Hollywood blockbusters showing on British Airways’ A380
- British Airways’ A380 will fly between London Heathrow, Los Angeles, Hong Kong and Johannesburg
