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...Sperry's lascivious lead. Nearly every flight attendant has had to deal with such meetings, says a 15-year veteran stewardess for a large Asian airline. "Usually, the people are drunk," she says. Officially, however, airlines pooh-pooh the topic. "Honestly, I have never heard of it happening," says Cathay Pacific spokeswoman Lisa Wong. At KLM, flag carrier for the Netherlands, spokesman Youssef Eddini was taken aback that we even popped the question. "It is simply not allowed," he ruled. Even the spokeswoman for Virgin Atlantic?whose owner, Richard Branson, once intimated that he would like to introduce double beds...
...Across the street at Cathay Cineleisure Orchard, you'll find 21 shops offering everything from animé comics to beauty products made of tofu. There's more sartorial funk at Far East Plaza's Level One (one of the few places where graffiti are tolerated in squeaky-clean Singapore-but only on designated walls, of course). But the newest kid on the youth block is Upstairs on Bugis Street. What was once an inconspicuous entrance to a football club now leads to some 40 boutiques touting club wear, vintage fashion and more...
...type of grape matters. Though South Africa's pinotage grape handles the rigors of air travel well, Pinot Noir varietals are not considered high flyers. "But Australian Shiraz is no trouble at all," says Charles Grossrieder, catering services manager at Cathay Pacific, which serves first-class passengers Taylors St. Andrew Shiraz 1999, among others. And though we're used to thinking of champagne as delicate, it's often the least of an airline's beverage problems. Apart from a few labels, it's rarely spoiled by travel, and Cathay Pacific has no problems dispatching some of the finest bubbly available...
...Having vintages of this caliber in constant supply requires some foresight: the amount of wine consumed during flights can be staggering. Cathay Pacific buys about 50,000 bottles of wine a year for economy class alone, says Grossrieder, and about 20,000 bottles for first class. For orders of this size, you can't simply pick up the phone. Even at wine auctions, the quantity for sale might only be 10 or 20 cases per lot, which is prohibitively expensive in such small volumes. Planning for the future means the airlines buy en primeur (before bottling), especially for fine wines...
...perhaps the most definitive proof of Hong Kong's rebound is the disappearance of deep discounts on airline fares. The best deal still available is from flag carrier Cathay Pacific, aimed at travelers from the U.S.: a round-trip ticket from San Francisco, Los Angeles or New York costs $999, and includes a further stop in one of 17 other Asian cities. Lufthansa offers one of the best fares from Europe, from London...