London's Heathrow Airport celebrates May the Fourth with flights to Star Wars galaxy

ByDanny Clemens WLS logo
Friday, May 4, 2018
Heathrow teases Star Wars flights to galaxy far, far away
Teasing "special new routes," London's Heathrow Airport tweeted a photo showing a faux Star Wars-themed departure board.

LONDON -- If you want to celebrate Star Wars Day by traveling to a galaxy far, far away, Europe's busiest airport has you covered.

Teasing some "special new routes," London's Heathrow Airport tweeted a photo showing a faux Star Wars-themed departure board. It offered flights to Hoth, Alderaan, Jakku, Kamino and even the Death Star -- though to their credit, they did warn passengers that a Death Star-bound flight was "possibly a trap."

There were more Star Wars Easter eggs to be found in the flight numbers, which included R2D2, C3P0, BB8, LE1A and others.

"May the 4th be with you," the airport added at the bottom of the departure board.

Solo: A Star Wars Story hits theaters May 25.

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