Flights Packed With Women’s March Participants Are Cheering All The Way To DC
One Southwest flight even used pink lighting in the cabin as a show of support.
1. All around the country, fired-up flights full of people in “pussy hats” are making their way to DC.
4. Many people have reported that almost all the passengers are heading to the Women’s March.
On @AlaskaAir flight 4 with plane full of women and pussy hats. Energy is electric. #WomensMarchOnWashington
— Leslie Rugaber (@lrugaber)
#WomensMarchOnWashington #womensmarch plane is full of women headed to Washington and it's not for the inauguration
— margaret gardiner (@MargaretGGG)
8. Some said as many as 90% of passengers are going there.
Correction. 90% of flight headed to #WomensMarchOnWashington. #planefullofnastywomen
— Andrea Addario (@addarioandrea)
When your plane is 98% full of badass, vibrant women who will be heard...and three dudes :)… https://t.co/wimrFnXOMI
— Jacinta Kuznetsov (@cintakuzy)
our flight is 90% marchers. D.C. better watch out. #WomensMarchOnWashington
— samuel j smith (@smith_salmon)
11. And some are even coming from Canada.
Air Canada flight 7616 from Toronto to DCA is filled with Canadian women in route to the #WomensMarchOnWashington 💪🏻
— Tara Kriese (@tarakriese)
12. People are seriously having a freaking BLAST.
Update: #AllLadyPlane is now out of wine, and the male flight attendant is wearing a pink knitted pussy hat.
— ann friedman (@annfriedman)
And now this entire flight is attempting to airdrop, row by row, our group photo from the capt. #womensmarch
— Rina Raphael (@rrrins)
A woman in row 23 is taking orders (free!) for pink "pussy hats" and then knitting them during the flight.… https://t.co/xXpa2Gfuwp
— Ashley Mayer (@ashleymayer)
15. One of the flights even used pink lighting in its cabin as a show of support.
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“When your Southwest flight crew celebrate a plane full of kick-ass women and men going to the Women’s March by lighting it up!” passenger Krystal Parrish wrote on Instagram.
16. “It was unexpected and unannounced,” Jennifer Moran, who was also on the flight, told NBC.
Southwest turns on the pink lights and a loud cheer erupts. #WomensMarch
— Jennifer MOran (@jgmoran2)
“There was no announcement explicitly from the staff and no one screamed, ‘This is for the March,’” Moran told NBC. “Nothing, just spontaneous and everyone knew exactly why they were cheering.”
A Southwest spokesperson told BuzzFeed News they were “unaware of details surrounding specific flights” but that they “celebrate, commemorate, acknowledge and share in special moments with our customers all the time.”
17. Tons of flights have been asking for a show of hands to count how many marchers are aboard.
DC Airport Metro lines full. On my flight from Boston hands went up when asked if they were going to… https://t.co/g2ynpuVFRq
— Pamela R Lightsey (@OneNabi)
A show of hands on my flight this morning of people going to the #WomensMarchOnWashington tomorrow. Many more behin… https://t.co/nHZ4Ry36gz
— Mihir Patel (@ChewTeaYeah)
19. And one Spirit Airlines flight attendant even had a round of applause “for all the nasty women on board.”
Love a nasty woman flight attendant 👏 Starting our wknd of amazing women because we can't give up! @SpiritAirlines… https://t.co/gBBAv2K8z9
— Flor Blake (@FlorBlake)
“Stay safe, stay hydrated, have a good time, look out for your fellow sisters,” the flight attendant said. “And just remember we don’t take no ish from no man.”
- Donald Trump was sworn in today as the 45th president of the United States of America. 🇺🇸
- Over 200 people have been arrested as anti-Trump protesters and police clash in Washington, DC, during the inauguration.
- As one of his first acts as president, Donald Trump announced the end of certain Obama administration climate and pollution rules.
- Flights around the country are packed with pink as people stream into Washington, DC, for the Women's March, happening the day after Donald Trump's inauguration 👩❤️👩
