WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, Jan 18 (Reuters) -

P resident-elect Donald Trump headed to Washington on Saturday

ahead of his inauguration on a U.S. military airplane supplied

by U.S. President Joe Biden, as the outgoing president

emphasized sticking with traditional transition norms.

Trump will arrive in Washington on Saturday evening for

celebrations to mark his return to office on Monday.

For the occasion, he is ditching his navy and crimson "Trump

Force One" he often flies in favor of a government plane Biden

sent to Florida. Biden has stressed to his officials that they

must work with Trump's transition team, a sharp contrast to the

last transition when Trump refused to attend the inauguration or

acknowledge Biden's win.

Both planes sat on the tarmac at Palm Beach International

Airport before Trump's departure Saturday. Trump's son Eric and

Eric's wife Lara boarded the private plane.

For his less than three-hour flight to Washington Dulles

International Airport, Trump will fly aboard a specially

configured Boeing 757-200 in trademark blue and white

colors and bearing the words "United States of America."

His daughter Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner were

spotted boarding that aircraft Saturday afternoon.

It is the same model aircraft that's called Air Force Two

when flown by the vice president but is also used by the first

lady, cabinet members and other high-ranking officials.

It is the norm for presidents-elect to take such a

government-provided plane to their inauguration, though Biden

did not.

In 2021, Biden had planned to arrive by train but the plan

was canceled after the Secret Service raised security concerns

after thousands of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on

January 6, 2021, in a bid to overturn his election defeat.

The Trump administration offered no plane and Biden ended up

taking a private jet to Washington, according to a person

familiar with the matter.

Photographs from Trump's 2017 arrival in the Washington area

to take office for his first term showed that he used a similar

U.S. aircraft then.

The White House and the U.S. Air Force could not immediately

be reached for comment.