Star Wars R2-D2 arrivals in Sydney

Yesterday was the day many aviation buffs like myself (and Star Wars fans) have been waiting for for some time as All Nippon Airways flew into Sydney for the first time in over 15 yrs and they brought in their Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner in the "Star Wars" R2-D2 colour scheme. All Nippon pulled out of Sydney in July 1999 and yesterday they had the inaugural flight coming in from Haneda Tokyo, touching down right on time at 9.35am. The aircraft with its registration of JA873A (CN 34530) and line number of 295 had its first flight on the 16th May 2015 and was delivered to All Nippon on the 31st May 2015.

ANA already has its eye on Perth as a potential second

Australian route.