And thus… ‘plane bae’ was born!

Expats based in Dubai are accustomed to regular plane travel, but for all the singletons out there, this viral story will get you excited for your next trip.

An expected seat swap (it was fate!) on a plane journey in the states meant a guy and a girl ended up sitting next to each other and the rest IS internet history (if 4.85 million views on a simple almost arm-touch video, is anything to go by…).

A passenger started the thread with a little explainer

The flirting begins

They have similar interests!

Both single…

It’s all about body language

And the passenger live tweeted the WHOLE trip… to the delight of twitter users everywhere

People got so involved

The conversation evolved

And if a picture tells a thousand words…

The cutest exchange

The couple shared some food

It got personal

Everyone on the internet

There’s so much at stake

You can’t let the internet down

4.85 MILLION people an ‘almost arm graze’

Success!

The thread continues…

The retweets were flowing and the tweeter even followed the couple to luggage collection (in the name of human interest right?!)

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Follow every second here.

People even found the guy on Instagram…

And he’s going by new nick name ‘plane bae’

And his response was the cutest

Millennials let me help you- it’s #CatchingFlightsANDFeelings

— Euan Holden (@EuanHolden) July 4, 2018

And the scoop on plane gal…

The end? The couple both live in Dallas, Texas, so who knows what could happen

Every single person boarding a flight forever more…

legit just boarded a ✈️. ???????? for a hot ⚽️ player to sit next to me.
♥️✈️ {if you didn’t read The Thread + dont get this … no commenting!}#CatchingFlightsANDFeelings pic.twitter.com/wLU92XmndP

— Monica Lewinsky (@MonicaLewinsky) July 4, 2018