BOOK VEGAS TICKETS FROM HOPE AIRPORT.Byline: EUGENE TONG Staff Writer BURBANK -- It's Sin City with wings, and it has landed at Bob Hope Airport Bob Hope Airport (IATA: BUR, ICAO: KBUR, FAA LID: BUR) is a regional and national airport located in Burbank, California, United States. It was formerly known as United Airport (1930-1934); Union Air Terminal (1934-1940); . A private jet ferrying comedian Carrot Top  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled. , feather-clad showgirls
and circus acrobats touched down on the tarmac earlier this week to
promote the opening of an airport concierge desk for Las Vegas-bound
travelers.
``That's was a fun flight,'' the comedian said as he filed through the Million Air charter plane terminal with his entourage of entertainers. ``They'll never let us get through the airport like this.'' From the booth outside Gate A4 in Terminal A, visitors can book show tickets and restaurant reservations. ``Vegas has landed at Bob Hope Airport,'' said Howard Lefkowitz, president of the city travel site Vegas.com, which will operate the booth. The desk will operate from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. Lefkowitz said about 30 similar concierge desks have been deployed in Southern Nevada, and more are planned for airports across the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. in the coming months. ``We want to be where the customers want to be met,'' he said. ``Once they get through security and their vacation begins in their own minds, ... they can book tickets.'' Lefkowitz said Bob Hope Airport is the fifth- or sixth-largest gateway for Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. visitors, with 15 flights from the airport daily. The visit from Carrot Top -- known for his trademark mop of red curls -- and acrobats from the Cirque Du Soleil Cirque du Soleil (French for "Circus of the Sun") is an entertainment empire based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and founded in Baie-Saint-Paul in 1984 by two former street performers, Guy Laliberté and Daniel Gauthier. show ``Ka'' came as the nation's airports tightened security after authorities in London foiled an alleged terrorist plot to detonate det·o·nate intr. & tr.v. det·o·nat·ed, det·o·nat·ing, det·o·nates To explode or cause to explode. [Latin d liquid explosives Explosive which is fluid at normal temperatures. on U.S.-bound flights. Lefkowitz said it was a diversion from a troubled day -- ``an opportunity to look at something more festive.'' eugene.tong(at)dailynews.com (818) 546-3304 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Showgirls arrive from Las Vegas on Thursday at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank to announce a Vegas.com concierge at the airport that can help passengers get tickets for Las Vegas events. John McCoy/Staff Photographer |
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