HARMONDSWORTH, England,
July 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
British Airways has announced that One Direction, one of the
world's biggest bands, is to host the ultimate high-flying dinner
date on BA jet.
The fab five, Harry Styles,
Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Niall
Horan and Zayn Malik, will
take to the skies to help raise funds for Comic Relief.
The charter flight will be given the original flight number
BA1D.
They will be joined on the exclusive sky-high date by eight
lucky fans who will have the chance to win tickets in a competition
which has been launched on social media sites including the British
Airways Facebook page.
At least half of the proceeds from the text-to-win competition
will go to Flying Start, British Airways' global charity
partnership with Comic Relief, and there is also a free-to-enter
competition.
Each of the eight winners will be able to take two guests on the
hour-long flight, enjoy lunch on board, chat with the band and have
photographs taken with them. At least one passenger in the group
must be 18 years of age or older.
The flight plan is a closely guarded secret and winners will be
met in central London and taken to
an undisclosed airport to board the aircraft. They will be taken
back to the meeting point after the flight.
Mary Barry, British Airways
community investment manager, said: "We are absolutely thrilled to
team up with One Direction for this fantastic competition and we're
so grateful to them for giving us this chance to raise lots of
money for Flying Start.
"This really is a money-can't-buy opportunity and a dream come
true for eight very lucky fans."
Money raised from the competition will be spent by Comic Relief
to help children living unimaginably tough lives both here in the
UK and across the world's poorest countries.
The competition closing date is July 11,
2012. Please see http://www.ba-flyingstart.com for full
terms and conditions.
Flying Start is a partnership between British Airways and Comic
Relief, registered charity 326568 (England & Wales); SC039730 (Scotland).
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