Saturday, November 17, 2007

Virgin America makes a dramatic entrance into Las Vegas



Sir Richard Branson gives new minor celebrity Kyla Ebbert a lift in San Francisco on the way to Las Vegas. Chronicle photo by Kurt Rogers


We got caught up with racy entertainer Carmen Electra on Wednesday, along with business mogul Sir Richard Branson and Kyla Ebbert, the San Diego waitress who found recent fame after her attire was deemed inappropriate by Southwest Airlines officials during one of their flights.
What brought this unlikely trio together?
They were all gathered at Gate A-11 of San Francisco International Airport's international terminal, celebrating the first of Virgin America's three daily flights between San Francisco and Las Vegas - from "Fog City to Sin City," according to the marketing people. While Branson and Electra were there to inform and entertain, Ebbert was there as a direct dig at Virgin's archrival Southwest....