The merger of Northwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines was completed when the federal government approved it this week. The merger will carry on the Delta name and branding, while the Northwest name and branding will fade away the same way Western Airlines did when Delta bought them in 1986.
What will this mean for Hawai‘i? Flights may be consolidated (LAX and SFO?), and we will begin to see NW aircraft in hybrid DL colors within a few months.
Guess we will get to see NW 744s and A333s in full DL colors within a year or so. Get you NW shots while you can!
Top photo: Delta's 767-432ER, N837MH (c/n 29710), is seen rotating from Runway 22L.
Above photo: Northwest's A330-323X, N805NW (msn 552) is seen at Gate 12 being readied for its return to NRT.
does this mean we will see another delta livery change
ReplyDeletewho knows, but the new DL livery already borrows an element of NW's livery, even though it came out before the merger announcement. if you look at the widget on the tail, it points in the same direction as the compass on NW's tail, northwest on the starboard and northeast on the port.
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