All Nippon Airways’ R2-D2 Dreamliner jet touched down today at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport for the first time, two and a half months after the 787 rolled out of Boeing’s Everett factory.
The airliner – decorated in a blue, black, gray and white scheme modeled after the adorable Star Wars robot – is taking on several Seattle-Tokyo flights this month. The timing is perfect for ANA to capitalize on the hype over “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” And Seattle fans of the movie series, or just plain cool-looking jets, ate it up.
Here’s how the Twitter chatter went down, before and after ANA Flight 178’s landing at 9:51 a.m.:
Our adorable friend will be flying to Seattle today! Don't miss the chance to welcome it! #R2D2ANAJET pic.twitter.com/R13f5cvPEA
— All Nippon Airways (@FlyANA_official) December 1, 2015
@bmvaughn @SeaTacAirport And there it goes. It looked a lot cooler in person. pic.twitter.com/HKS94zqIWO
— Ryan (@ryanhealy) December 1, 2015
R2-D2™ ANA JET has arrived @SeaTacAirport this morning! ⇒https://t.co/ve5HtwhnHh #R2D2ANAJET pic.twitter.com/gIKGLwQkK4
— All Nippon Airways (@FlyANA_official) December 1, 2015
.@FlyANA_official's #R2D2 jet has landed at @SeaTacAirport, heading back Tokyo later today. #StarWars #liveonkomo pic.twitter.com/6OuGEHcUp2
— Eric Jensen (@EricJensenTV) December 1, 2015
The newest @FlyANA R2-D2 787-9 Dreamliner was at @SeaTacAirport this morning https://t.co/Z2OCb1yBH5 #AvGeek pic.twitter.com/R7NHOf3tzm
— Sea-Tac Airport (@SeaTacAirport) December 1, 2015
The jet had a quick turnaround for a 12:32 p.m. departure on Flight 177 back to Tokyo’s Narita International Airport. But if you missed today’s photo op, there’ll be three more chances before the “Star Wars” premiere. R2-D2 will be coming back on Flight 178 on Dec. 3, 5 and 7, at the same time of day.
