Black Panther fans can now catch flights to Wakanda from Atlanta airport.... my fellow wakandians are you ready?
The busiest airport in the world is now offering Black
Panther fans a ‘flight to Wakanda.’
In case you didn’t know, the African nation is completely
fictional, but fans have loved the Marvel movie so much that Hartsfield-Jackson
Atlanta International Airport has offered a flight to where the movie is meant
to be set.
With more than 2,500 flights coming and going each day – it
serves over 100 million passengers a year – the airport has added more work to
their plate.
Earlier this week, a fan of the movie starring Chadwick
Boseman as the titular character updated a sign at one of the gates to show
that flight ATL1234 to Wakanda would be leaving at 7:30 p.m., then shared a
photo of the sign on the airport’s official Twitter account, writing, ‘The bags
are packed #WakandaForever.’
Many Twitter users seemed extremely excited to book a
one-way flight to Wakanda, and not too bothered that return tickets were not
readily available.
Fans were intrigued, with many replying to the tweet to ask
questions about the flight’s logistics.
According to the banter in the airline’s mentions, you would
need a Wakandan lip tattoo to board and ticket made out of Vibranium; and the
complex villian Killmonger, played by Michael B. Jordan, could possibly be
seated right next to you.
Even Black Panther star, Lupita Nyong’o, took notice of the
flight offer!
She asked about the in-flight entertainment, suggesting
creative titles like T’Challa’s Angels, M’Baku To The Future, Shuri’s Gotta
Have It, Killmonger Bill, and W’Kabi In The Woods.
In case you didn’t notice her movie suggestions were a play
on real movie titles, but changed to include Black Panther themes (we won’t
spoil the movie for those who haven’t watched it yet!)
The airport’s idea to announce a fictional flight from
Atlanta to Wakanda reportedly came from multiple calls from fans to book the
trip.
There has been some debate over the location of Wakanda, but
we do know that it is in East Africa. Some of the comics varied in its exact
position, but the general consensus is that it is on or very close to Lake
Turkana, which is in northern Kenya.
In reality, this area which borders Ethiopia, South Sudan
and Uganda is largely desert, in contrast to the greenery and technological
advances of the fictional country. Wakanda’s location was also confirmed in an
Easter Egg in Iron Man 2 as it was shown on a map behind Tony Stark having a
chat with Nick Fury.
The capital of Wakanda is Birnin Zana and there are 18
united tribes in the country.
See you in wakanda....
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