Saturday 14 May 2011

Aeromozas. Chic or not Chic?



Mexican air stewardesses 'do a Calendar Girls' by posing up to help bankrupt national airline

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

Last updated at 1:58 PM on 26th November 2010



It could be the Mexican remake of the Calendars Girls - just swap the Women’s Institute ladies portrayed in 2003 for slightly more glamorous Latina flight attendants.

Ten stewardesses with troubled Mexicana Airlines, which filed for bankruptcy in August and suspended operations, have launched a sultry aviation-themed calendar in a bid to call attention to their own plight and that of their airline.



‘It occurred to me because we all needed money, and I thought that with so many pretty girls (among Mexicana's staff) there were bound to be some who'd be interested,’ she said.

Each of the 10 ‘aeromozas’ - flight attendants in Spanish - who ended up posing paid out of her own pocket to help cover the £5,000 production costs.

‘The goal was to try to help ourselves because we lost everything overnight,’ said 26-year-old Maribel Zavala.

The calendar has sparked a media frenzy in Mexico and the first run of 1,000 was sold out even before yesterday's launch and a second edition of 3,000 calendars, which cost about £8 each is in the works.

The calendar's release came on the heels of Mexicana's announcement that a restructuring proposal might allow it to resume some flights by mid-December.

Under the plan, just 30 per cent of the company's personnel would be rehired.

Founded in 1921, shortly after Dutch carrier KLM and Australia's Qantas airline, Mexicana used to serve 65 destinations in Mexico, the U.S., other parts of the Americas and Europe.



Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1333288/Mexican-air-stewardesses-Calendar-Girls-posing-help-bankrupt-national-airline.html#ixzz1MKKI68Mp

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