Yeah NW is gone sadly but whenever I see a Delta plane with N---NW or NB or US I know under that delta skin is something more majestic... Godspeed NWA and Thanks for your amazing service!
The redtails have provided safe, reliable, and courteous service on my travels, both international to Asia and within the US. I salute the pilots, the cabin crew, the ground crew, and the aircraft. You are not forgotten.
I flew for Western Airlines. It was a dark day when Delta took us over. Flying was never the same again. My career was 31 years. The good years were with Western. I was never so happy to take off a uniform as I was after my last flight. Good luck Northwest! Good luck AFA. Go UNION!
My grandfather and father both flew for Northwest airlines. A few weeks ago me and my grandpa were walking through Minneapolis St. Paul airport, we sat in our seats waiting for our plane. I looked at him and i saw tears in his eyes. I asked him what was wrong. He said it is not the same, not seeing the red tails anymore. That it is almost like a part of him left when Northwest Airlines left. I have never seen a man with more passion for the company he worked for. My father now flies for delta...
☹️😔😞Northwest Airlines will always be remembered as one of the great pioneers of the air, they were the oldest airlines in America when they shut down, just ahead of Delta which bought them out. Northwest will live on as one of the greatest airlines to ever fly.
What an awesome video of one of this countries oldest and greatest airlines of its time! Very powerful and moving! I spent four years with NWA in the Flight Kitchen and Reservations in SEA and will never forget Northwest Airlines, it truly will be missed but never forgotten.
Thank you all my great friends from NWA. Our worldwide partnership has been the greatest in my carreer til so far. The fantastic combination of Red and Blue will always will be in my vains. It will never fade, it will never die. We were the pioneers of that unique Transatlantic Alliance.
My dad used to work overseas and everytime we dropped him off to the airport my mom would always tell me we would move to America one day and we're taking NWA. She would tell me that to stop me from crying everytime my dad leaves. I was 5 then. Im 25 now living in the US with my family. Moved here when i was 16. NWA was pretty much a symbol of an American dream for many filipinos back in the day.
My first time on a plane was a Northwest Orient B-377 Stratocruiser (the double decker you see in the video) in July 1957. Travelled 21,000 miles in Northwest Stratocruisers. Also was on Northwest Orient DC-6B, DC-7C, Lockheed L-188 Electra, Boeing 720B and then more modern planes...to over 2 million travel miles. Will miss Northwest
This is awesome what some of the former employees of NWA are doing for the Number One to The Pacific "Bridging the Pacific 50 Years"... Anyone remember that painted on A/C left Door 1 of our fleet at that time from DC-9's to 747's ?.. Plus the first alliance in the industry NWA/KLM. Looking back now after many years what an airline we worked for. I was a F/A 1998-2001 DTW-MSP-NYC (LGA/JFK/EWR) NRT and South Flying was sooo fun out of the NYC base on reserve I got a lot of that lol... -MEM and finally LAX...I'll always enjoy my time at Northwest. Northwest gave me in 3 years what most people don't experience in a lifetime . Thank you for the opportunity and fun......GONG!!!.... Forever Northwest...and Northwest Orient... We should've never dropped Orient from our name... 1989 was a bad year as far as I'm concerned and I didn't come onboard until 1998. All for the almighty dollar and political correctness where are we now???
Airlines, In a few years i plan to fly along side my dad for Delta airlines. And carry on the Northwest airlines tradition. Because northwest airlines will never die. It will live on through its people who worked so hard for so many years. Long live Northwest airlines.
Flew with this airline when I was in High School. They had a great crew who really knew what they were doing. Even though I was a teenager at the time, I flew as an unaccompanied minor (probably because of my disability and i most likely needed assistance with navigation or i would get lost) the Northwest crew at DFW (If I remember correctly. My memory is a little fuzzy) were there to make sure i got to my intended destination 😀 I really miss this airline!
I grew up in NYC hearing the call of the Gong in their radio ads...and never planning on it, I wound up working for them as a young man, leaving after 19+ years. Breaks my heart to think that through fancy financing, they were "bought" with their own money, and the Red Tail flies no more.
it is sad to see such a great airlines that once was to end after my 37 years with this company I still look up today today to see the RED Tail flying by I am glad that I had been part of the great aircraft maintenance team we had we could have built our own aircraft at the main base in MSP they did it all in house with many of there own engineering , meterology & many other departments only the best from the great Nortwest
OMG my 1st employer back in the mid 80 and I still miss NWA and the old times..WHENEVER I see Black Rain is being rerun on TV..I just watch it to see the scenes on the magical 747..truly amazing
I first flew Northwest Airlines to Japan when I was five years old to visit my mother's family for the first time. We were on the DC-10. I couldn't stop watching the Flight Attendants in their beautiful red uniforms. I knew right then what I wanted to be when I grew up and who I'd work for. I applied to one airline. I graduated Northwest Airlines Flight Attendant training one day shy of my 21st birthday. The 10 day Narita-Seoul trips out of DTW became my regular monthly trip and I'm 99.9% certain I worked the DC-10 over to Heathrow that I first flew on to Japan. I was fortunate to also be on the maiden flight of the 747-400 from MSP-LAX as part of our training. NOTHING gets my heart pumping like those big beautiful birds, but it's so sad not to see that big red tail grace the skies anymore. The memories will last......
Northwest airlines was the main reason I wanted to be a pilot. I always had a smile going through any airport and seeing the distinctive red tail among any aircraft. Northwest will always be my favorite, no matter what. Northwest will always be missed. I -3 NWA
I've never flown NWA. But since I'm a child, I fly Air France to Tokyo many times a year. And each time I arrived into Narita airport, I could see dozens of these red tails, and for more than a decade, I could feel the power emaning from NWA, even though I've never flown them. Each time I left Japan, I used to go to the observation deck of Narita's Terminal 1 at early night, and I enjoyed watching NWA jumbos. And I will miss them forever since they're a part of my memories, my childhood.
When I was immigrating to canada at age 6, I took Northwest Airlines from Seoul to Tokyo, then from tokyo to Seattle. I then took a vehicle up to canada. Very long ride.
@MFfan310, I agree. Northwest also a great working partnership with KLM, and that partnership lives on, too, as KLM works with Delta in many parts of the U.S.
I've never shed a tear over this merger and losing the name "Northwest" because I associated it with years of adversarial conditions with management but this video made me cry. I flash through all the great people I have worked with over the past 39 years. All the flight attendants and pilots...all the laughs, jokes, commeraderie, good times and bad that we shared together. Now we will dissolve into a much larger group as any airlines has that goes through the short side of a merger.
Worked for them from 1988-2005. Sure wish I was still working for them. It was my dream job from when I was young to work for an Airline. I’ve worked in aviation for 40 years now, but NWA was the job I loved
I have some great memories of Northwest, including one of the first commercial flights I can remember (just after I turned 5), my first (and only) 747 trip, two of five trips to Europe, our first (of what would become 11) trips to Puerto Rico, the first trip to Florida after our family bought a new vacation home there...all on the red tail. Thanks Northwest.
I worked for Delta from 1998-2008 and loved it. Took a package when they started offering them to pursue a new career (kept my flight benefits though). I still have moments that I miss working for the big "D". But, I still keep in touch with my Delta family. Good times and GREAT airline. I hope NWA employees will be as happy with their new family as I was. It's sad I know. But Delta really is good to work for.
Sad indeed. My father retired from Northwest in 1987. His last flight was Narita Tokyo to JFK. He went from flying Corsairs over Japan in '45 to flying 747s.
Northwest will be remembered, among other things, for its pioneering flights across the North Pacific to Asia. Seattle was kind of a "second home" to Northwest as it was the starting point for many of those trans-Pacific services, not just to Asia but also to Hawaii.
I flew on NWA a few times while it was still NW Orient. Amazing airline indeed. And going off in an NWA 747 was pretty damn cool back then. For example, I once took that flight back east in the 70's, and not only did they have a bar installed, but they had this low, round table with a Pong video game installed. Both these things were available to Coach passengers. Today, you get a bag of peanuts, some coffee, and if you want entertainment back in Coach, you'd better load up your tablet before you enter Cattle Car Country. But don't feel sorry for yourself, either. Next time you fly, take a good look at what the stews have to do now under more stressful conditions. You have to appreciate your stew.
I will miss the red tail - I still remember when I was a kid 1970´s to 1980´s NWA was a regular visitor in HAMBURG/Germany .... I was so impressed by their beautiful colorscheme and this huge 747! They are history now but they will live on in my memories....
@Christopher Feng, Delta's current livery is called "onward and upward." The red widget is painted in a diagonal direction regardless of how you see it on the blue tail. It was adopted a few years before the merger with Northwest.
Beautiful video, got a little choked up. As a pre-merger Delta Flight Attendant, I am so excited to have all of the NWA guy and gal as my new flying partners!
Aviation industry will realize the impact of Northwest when they realize they have no iconic airline to grace the industry. One of the best airlines you could ask for
I'll be applying to be a flight attendant for Delta next week. I'm hoping that my first working flight, if I make it, will be an ex NWA bird. Lots of good memories with NWA!
Goodbye northwest. I still think that they should have kept northwest's name during the merger. It really sucks to see such a great airline go. NW is the reason i wanted to become a pilot. My grandpa flew with them for 30 years. He says everytime he is in the airport and dosent see any more red tails he gets choked up. Thank you northwest for doing all you have done to help the aviation industry you will be missed.
Good Bye Northwest Orient! Another Great Airline passes away due to Wall Street Greed! Join Eastern and Pan Am in knowing you will never be forgotten! Good Bye Red Tail! What a wonderful final tribute! Well done to those responsible for this video!
The only airline meal i will always remember it was NW between Cleveland and Chicago 45 minutes L 188 Lockheed Electra a full breakfast scrambled eggs sausage pancakes great.
@PilotX95 on the contrary, i flew a northwest flight with my brother once and the ppl were very nice and helped us get to our gate (Now granted, I'm not a human GPS system who knows her way around an airport and gets very nervous around crowds easily. i'm disabled. my brother seemed to know his way around sort of...i had to sway him to "pull over and ask for directions" b/c he kept leading us in the wrong direction but with the help of a kind NWA crew member we were lead in the right direction)
Even though Northwest (as an airline brand and operating certificate) will be no more after December 31st, I have always had a soft spot for the "red tail". With their 80+ years of history behind them, Northwest's place in the history books as one of the legendary American air carriers will forever be assured. The brave actions of the crew of Northwest Flight 253 were a fitting close to this great airline. As the video says, the sun truly will never set on Northwest Airlines.
"Because of our people" Speaking as a retired employee, who was with NWA for 20 years then went through the merger and spent another 12 at Delta, there was absolutely no comparison. Northwest was an absolutely toxic place to work. Employee groups hated each other, management hated everybody. Life after the merger was a 180, and so much better. Nope, after living through it, I can't say I miss NWA at all.
I feel like I am the one that made the view count above 100K. I never flew on NWA or even really knew of them that much, I just enjoy watching this video, it just seems, I don't know, welcoming?
I just realized something. At 0:25 The First Officer looks alot like my grandpa when he was younger. I'm not totally sure but i will have to check with him and see. I am looking at a picture of him and they look almost the same
Trust me NWA is Still NWA. The call sign is Still NWA.. and if you look Carefully on the newly painted planes, under the registration number it says " Operated by Northwest Airlines"..
This video is basically saying, "look at the history of this airline we are ending." so sad as being from MN. Still remember the last NWA plane i saw because I knew it would be the last. 757-200 New Colors climbing out of KMSP. so sad
i don't know why, but something in this video loved Northwest Airlines and showed how they went throughout the hardest problems of them, if it was not only for delta😠
My father did NW71/72 MNL-EWR via DTW/NGO twice first one was successful since he did WBC but 2nd trip with my Ivy League brother it was disaster due to missing PTV and strict CBP DTW officers. Instead of EWR they got JFK Terminal 4. DL needs to restore NWA routing of DTW-MNL via KIX/ICN the latter one take over one of the OZ slots in MNL
Retired UAL HNLRR 2001. Hire date April 1966 OMARR. In 1966 passengers were rich and commercial flying was relatively expensive. Things were easier, slower, exciting, glamorous and fun. . . Now airline ticket prices are so cheap that anybody can afford to fly. Flying now is not so easy, things move faster, it's more stressful, and most people don't dress up. . . BUT it can be really classy, fun, new and exciting if you can afford to be sitting next to ??? In business or first class.
Delta did NOT buy NWA. What was supposed to be a merger of the two airlines with a simple stock swap turned into a leveraged buyout (again) with borrowed money, and loan forgiveness after the transaction was complete! The SEC refused to allow the simple stock swap as Delta had over $13 billion in debt. NWA had very little debt at the time, as most of it had been paid down. NWA also had over $3 billion in cash and cash equivalents. They ended up loaning all of that cash to Delta so they could turn around and complete the intended merger by means of a leveraged buyout. After the LBO was completed, the loan was completed by the new Delta Air Lines. It was decided that the Delta name would survive due to name brand recognition domestically. But NWA, by far, had the better name brand recognition internationally!!! The 'widget' was redesigned to reflect a bit of both former airlines. The name of the new company was changed from Delta Airlines to Delta Air Lines, Inc. Small change, but incorporating both former companies into a new, single company!
I will miss NWA for the history of what it gave when you think of the great circle route you think of NWA, but I think this is the best of both airlines and DL will become an elite Airline.
I wish it ended at 3:22 and i'm not exactly certain if this will be the best change but we'll see how it plays out. im just not ready to lose an airline this great
@kakajax The thing is, it wouldn't have even been that hard. Have the Delta widget rotated 60 degrees, and suddenly it's the triangle pointing to the northwest. This is better than the final nwa livery that pointed to the northeast half the time.
All I can say is We have been far greater in our past than Delta has ever dreamed of being! And in order to fulfill that dream they had to buy us (NWA) and Pan Am
@tomcatpilot1 Amen to your respects to TWA. I was born & raised in St. Louis up until I was 16 & if we flew anywhere it was on TWA. TWA was one of the best airlines ever to take to the skies, IMHO. Customer service was king. If only that gutless corporate raider Icahn hadn't destroyed TWA from the inside before he cut & run. I miss TWA tremendously & I know that there will be many who'll miss not seeing NWA aircraft flying as well. Take care.
Sorry, but the sun did set on Northwest Airlines. There's no trace of the airline in the aviation industry today. Northwest was a truly great airline. If only they were the successor, instead of Delta.
+EverUnited The sun set on the Northwest brand, but not really Northwest culture. Following the merger the management team at DL was more Northwest.. if you look at things like BoB, cabins (2-class), fleet makeup, hubs (minus JFK and ATL), etc.. Northwest is still flying and they're bigger than ever--just under the Delta brand. Also from personal accounts, most ex-NW employees are pretty happy about the merger. At the very least, they're not all pissed off like at US/AA and UA/CO. I do wish the Northwest name survived. I flew NWA a lot before the merger, always great. I only started flying Delta post-merger, and have seen a lot of improvements.. mostly thanks to NWA management, culture, and employees that carried over.
I like many gave much to keep them flying for 25 yrs even in leverage takeovers the people spirit was great until right at the end then kicked out like last nights bad dream
Hi Ever,If you get a chance to see an aircraft from Delta, check out the serial number on the tail. After the number there are two letters. If you see the letters "NW" those are the old Northwest planes. The serial number stays with the aircraft throughout it's life. Even if in a small way, Northwest does live on, and I will remember fondly the only airline I flew overseas, take care.
Yeah NW is gone sadly but whenever I see a Delta plane with N---NW or NB or US I know under that delta skin is something more majestic... Godspeed NWA and Thanks for your amazing service!
You never really realize what you had until it was gone. Thanks, NWA, for your years of service.
The redtails have provided safe, reliable, and courteous service on my travels, both international to Asia and within the US. I salute the pilots, the cabin crew, the ground crew, and the aircraft. You are not forgotten.
I flew for Western Airlines. It was a dark day when Delta took us over. Flying was never the same again. My career was 31 years. The good years were with Western. I was never so happy to take off a uniform as I was after my last flight. Good luck Northwest! Good luck AFA. Go UNION!
My grandfather and father both flew for Northwest airlines. A few weeks ago me and my grandpa were walking through Minneapolis St. Paul airport, we sat in our seats waiting for our plane. I looked at him and i saw tears in his eyes. I asked him what was wrong. He said it is not the same, not seeing the red tails anymore. That it is almost like a part of him left when Northwest Airlines left. I have never seen a man with more passion for the company he worked for. My father now flies for delta...
☹️😔😞Northwest Airlines will always be remembered as one of the great pioneers of the air, they were the oldest airlines in America when they shut down, just ahead of Delta which bought them out. Northwest will live on as one of the greatest airlines to ever fly.
DELTA FTW!!! thanks for the airplanes northwest
What an awesome video of one of this countries oldest and greatest airlines of its time! Very powerful and moving! I spent four years with NWA in the Flight Kitchen and Reservations in SEA and will never forget Northwest Airlines, it truly will be missed but never forgotten.
If u see the delta logo carefully, it's basically the zoomed in version on nothwest's compasses arrow
The zoom arrow indicates somewhere in Delta their is Northwest
Thank you all my great friends from NWA. Our worldwide partnership has been the greatest in my carreer til so far. The fantastic combination of Red and Blue will always will be in my vains. It will never fade, it will never die. We were the pioneers of that unique Transatlantic Alliance.
They will be missed. I flew on their equipment many times over. Their service, OUTSTANDING, from the ground crew to the pilots. Thank you NWA.
My dad used to work overseas and everytime we dropped him off to the airport my mom would always tell me we would move to America one day and we're taking NWA. She would tell me that to stop me from crying everytime my dad leaves. I was 5 then. Im 25 now living in the US with my family. Moved here when i was 16. NWA was pretty much a symbol of an American dream for many filipinos back in the day.
T M Even my parents and grandparents moved to the US using NWA. That was in 2001, and then I was born and raised in Maryland.
My fav US airline. Flown with you many many times across the Atlantic, the Pacific and across the US. Amazing memories, wish you were still flying.
My first time on a plane was a Northwest Orient B-377 Stratocruiser (the double decker you see in the video) in July 1957. Travelled 21,000 miles in Northwest Stratocruisers. Also was on Northwest Orient DC-6B, DC-7C, Lockheed L-188 Electra, Boeing 720B and then more modern planes...to over 2 million travel miles. Will miss Northwest
The sun will never set on Northwest Airlines.
I am glad i got to see and nwa 747 and DC-9 years ago
This is awesome what some of the former employees of NWA are doing for the Number One to The Pacific "Bridging the Pacific 50 Years"... Anyone remember that painted on A/C left Door 1 of our fleet at that time from DC-9's to 747's ?.. Plus the first alliance in the industry NWA/KLM. Looking back now after many years what an airline we worked for. I was a F/A 1998-2001 DTW-MSP-NYC (LGA/JFK/EWR) NRT and South Flying was sooo fun out of the NYC base on reserve I got a lot of that lol... -MEM and finally LAX...I'll always enjoy my time at Northwest. Northwest gave me in 3 years what most people don't experience in a lifetime . Thank you for the opportunity and fun......GONG!!!.... Forever Northwest...and Northwest Orient... We should've never dropped Orient from our name... 1989 was a bad year as far as I'm concerned and I didn't come onboard until 1998. All for the almighty dollar and political correctness where are we now???
Airlines, In a few years i plan to fly along side my dad for Delta airlines. And carry on the Northwest airlines tradition. Because northwest airlines will never die. It will live on through its people who worked so hard for so many years. Long live Northwest airlines.
Flew with this airline when I was in High School. They had a great crew who really knew what they were doing. Even though I was a teenager at the time, I flew as an unaccompanied minor (probably because of my disability and i most likely needed assistance with navigation or i would get lost) the Northwest crew at DFW (If I remember correctly. My memory is a little fuzzy) were there to make sure i got to my intended destination 😀 I really miss this airline!
I grew up in NYC hearing the call of the Gong in their radio ads...and never planning on it, I wound up working for them as a young man, leaving after 19+ years. Breaks my heart to think that through fancy financing, they were "bought" with their own money, and the Red Tail flies no more.
it is sad to see such a great airlines that once was to end after my 37 years with this company I still look up today today to see the RED Tail flying by I am glad that I had been part of the great aircraft maintenance team we had we could have built our own aircraft at the main base in MSP they did it all in house with many of there own engineering , meterology & many other departments only the best from the great Nortwest
Thank for uploading this video. Brings back so many great memories of the 20 years I worked there.
OMG my 1st employer back in the mid 80 and I still miss NWA and the old times..WHENEVER I see Black Rain is being rerun on TV..I just watch it to see the scenes on the magical 747..truly amazing
Brings back memories! My first flight was on Northwest and my first visit to the cockpit was also!
I first flew Northwest Airlines to Japan when I was five years old to visit my mother's family for the first time. We were on the DC-10. I couldn't stop watching the Flight Attendants in their beautiful red uniforms. I knew right then what I wanted to be when I grew up and who I'd work for. I applied to one airline. I graduated Northwest Airlines Flight Attendant training one day shy of my 21st birthday. The 10 day Narita-Seoul trips out of DTW became my regular monthly trip and I'm 99.9% certain I worked the DC-10 over to Heathrow that I first flew on to Japan. I was fortunate to also be on the maiden flight of the 747-400 from MSP-LAX as part of our training. NOTHING gets my heart pumping like those big beautiful birds, but it's so sad not to see that big red tail grace the skies anymore. The memories will last......
Northwest airlines was the main reason I wanted to be a pilot. I always had a smile going through any airport and seeing the distinctive red tail among any aircraft. Northwest will always be my favorite, no matter what. Northwest will always be missed. I -3 NWA
I've never flown NWA. But since I'm a child, I fly Air France to Tokyo many times a year. And each time I arrived into Narita airport, I could see dozens of these red tails, and for more than a decade, I could feel the power emaning from NWA, even though I've never flown them. Each time I left Japan, I used to go to the observation deck of Narita's Terminal 1 at early night, and I enjoyed watching NWA jumbos.
And I will miss them forever since they're a part of my memories, my childhood.
That final paint scheme was beautiful. Something about that silver and red!
When I was immigrating to canada at age 6, I took Northwest Airlines from Seoul to Tokyo, then from tokyo to Seattle. I then took a vehicle up to canada. Very long ride.
That's bizarre.
+Yoni yeah. Pretty long ride
Short ride try Tokyo to dtw
@MFfan310, I agree. Northwest also a great working partnership with KLM, and that partnership lives on, too, as KLM works with Delta in many parts of the U.S.
I've never shed a tear over this merger and losing the name "Northwest" because I associated it with years of adversarial conditions with management but this video made me cry. I flash through all the great people I have worked with over the past 39 years. All the flight attendants and pilots...all the laughs, jokes, commeraderie, good times and bad that we shared together.
Now we will dissolve into a much larger group as any airlines has that goes through the short side of a merger.
Worked for them from 1988-2005. Sure wish I was still working for them. It was my dream job from when I was young to work for an Airline. I’ve worked in aviation for 40 years now, but NWA was the job I loved
I have some great memories of Northwest, including one of the first commercial flights I can remember (just after I turned 5), my first (and only) 747 trip, two of five trips to Europe, our first (of what would become 11) trips to Puerto Rico, the first trip to Florida after our family bought a new vacation home there...all on the red tail.
Thanks Northwest.
I worked for Delta from 1998-2008 and loved it. Took a package when they started offering them to pursue a new career (kept my flight benefits though). I still have moments that I miss working for the big "D". But, I still keep in touch with my Delta family. Good times and GREAT airline. I hope NWA employees will be as happy with their new family as I was. It's sad I know. But Delta really is good to work for.
to me they will always be the great Northwest Orient Airlines!!
This is amazing. I will miss my home town airline.
Sad indeed. My father retired from Northwest in 1987. His last flight was Narita Tokyo to JFK.
He went from flying Corsairs over Japan in '45 to flying 747s.
Northwest will be remembered, among other things, for its pioneering flights across the North Pacific to Asia. Seattle was kind of a "second home" to Northwest as it was the starting point for many of those trans-Pacific services, not just to Asia but also to Hawaii.
Will always miss NWA & coworkers.
I flew on NWA a few times while it was still NW Orient. Amazing airline indeed. And going off in an NWA 747 was pretty damn cool back then. For example, I once took that flight back east in the 70's, and not only did they have a bar installed, but they had this low, round table with a Pong video game installed. Both these things were available to Coach passengers. Today, you get a bag of peanuts, some coffee, and if you want entertainment back in Coach, you'd better load up your tablet before you enter Cattle Car Country. But don't feel sorry for yourself, either. Next time you fly, take a good look at what the stews have to do now under more stressful conditions. You have to appreciate your stew.
I will miss the red tail - I still remember when I was a kid 1970´s to 1980´s NWA was a regular visitor in HAMBURG/Germany .... I was so impressed by their beautiful colorscheme and this huge 747! They are history now but they will live on in my memories....
Excellent video.
@Christopher Feng, Delta's current livery is called "onward and upward." The red widget is painted in a diagonal direction regardless of how you see it on the blue tail. It was adopted a few years before the merger with Northwest.
I grew up with NWA, my dad was a mechanic for 38 years, it is gonna be hard to fly on Delta when I return to the USA this year.... oh well.
Beautiful video, got a little choked up. As a pre-merger Delta Flight Attendant, I am so excited to have all of the NWA guy and gal as my new flying partners!
Aviation industry will realize the impact of Northwest when they realize they have no iconic airline to grace the industry. One of the best airlines you could ask for
My favorite airlines
I worked for NWA 36yrsFRom 19yrs of age to 62Yrs ...a lifetime,and no she will not die
I'll be applying to be a flight attendant for Delta next week. I'm hoping that my first working flight, if I make it, will be an ex NWA bird. Lots of good memories with NWA!
When I was a kid, I had a telescope and I always looked for planes but always found Northwest in the sky! Who could miss the RED TAIL!
I miss northwest
thanks delta
I worked for them as a flight attendant for five years, always just felt like a number. Very cold industry, cold people.
Goodbye northwest. I still think that they should have kept northwest's name during the merger. It really sucks to see such a great airline go. NW is the reason i wanted to become a pilot. My grandpa flew with them for 30 years. He says everytime he is in the airport and dosent see any more red tails he gets choked up. Thank you northwest for doing all you have done to help the aviation industry you will be missed.
Good Bye Northwest Orient! Another Great Airline passes away due to Wall Street Greed! Join Eastern and Pan Am in knowing you will never be forgotten! Good Bye Red Tail! What a wonderful final tribute! Well done to those responsible for this video!
The only airline meal i will always remember it was NW between Cleveland and Chicago 45 minutes L 188 Lockheed Electra a full breakfast scrambled eggs sausage pancakes great.
I have this video it is sad ill miss you NWA!!!!
@PilotX95 on the contrary, i flew a northwest flight with my brother once and the ppl were very nice and helped us get to our gate (Now granted, I'm not a human GPS system who knows her way around an airport and gets very nervous around crowds easily. i'm disabled. my brother seemed to know his way around sort of...i had to sway him to "pull over and ask for directions" b/c he kept leading us in the wrong direction but with the help of a kind NWA crew member we were lead in the right direction)
Even though Northwest (as an airline brand and operating certificate) will be no more after December 31st, I have always had a soft spot for the "red tail".
With their 80+ years of history behind them, Northwest's place in the history books as one of the legendary American air carriers will forever be assured. The brave actions of the crew of Northwest Flight 253 were a fitting close to this great airline.
As the video says, the sun truly will never set on Northwest Airlines.
"Because of our people"
Speaking as a retired employee, who was with NWA for 20 years then went through the merger and spent another 12 at Delta, there was absolutely no comparison.
Northwest was an absolutely toxic place to work. Employee groups hated each other, management hated everybody. Life after the merger was a 180, and so much better. Nope, after living through it, I can't say I miss NWA at all.
I feel like I am the one that made the view count above 100K. I never flew on NWA or even really knew of them that much, I just enjoy watching this video, it just seems, I don't know, welcoming?
@packerfan084 touching story. I want to carry on the tradition too and fly. Now I can only dream of flying for NWA thanks to Delta...
I just realized something. At 0:25 The First Officer looks alot like my grandpa when he was younger. I'm not totally sure but i will have to check with him and see. I am looking at a picture of him and they look almost the same
Trust me NWA is Still NWA. The call sign is Still NWA.. and if you look Carefully on the newly painted planes, under the registration number it says " Operated by Northwest Airlines"..
Awesome. Sad, but awesome.
The sun didn't set, it went boom
North Dakota will miss seeing the redtails Goodbye Northwest we will miss you
It now sets on DELTA
This video is basically saying, "look at the history of this airline we are ending." so sad as being from MN. Still remember the last NWA plane i saw because I knew it would be the last. 757-200 New Colors climbing out of KMSP. so sad
Idk why but this made me tear up hahaha.
sam haase That is so cool, dude. ;u;
i don't know why, but something in this video loved Northwest Airlines and showed how they went throughout the hardest problems of them, if it was not only for delta😠
My father did NW71/72 MNL-EWR via DTW/NGO twice first one was successful since he did WBC but 2nd trip with my Ivy League brother it was disaster due to missing PTV and strict CBP DTW officers. Instead of EWR they got JFK Terminal 4. DL needs to restore NWA routing of DTW-MNL via KIX/ICN the latter one take over one of the OZ slots in MNL
i agree.... i will definitely miss the red tails of NWA.
Retired UAL HNLRR 2001. Hire date April 1966 OMARR.
In 1966 passengers were rich and commercial flying was relatively expensive. Things were easier, slower, exciting, glamorous and fun. . .
Now airline ticket prices are so cheap that anybody can afford to fly. Flying now is not so easy, things move faster, it's more stressful, and most people don't dress up. . .
BUT it can be really classy, fun, new and exciting if you can afford to be sitting next to ??? In business or first class.
@citytails things won't be the same here. since it was a merger. They kept delta's name. But the the managment will remain with northwest. Thank God!
@PilotX95 DELTA bought Northwest Airlines. As the new owners, Delta's widget stays. The others were mergers, a combination of two carriers!
Delta did NOT buy NWA. What was supposed to be a merger of the two airlines with a simple stock swap turned into a leveraged buyout (again) with borrowed money, and loan forgiveness after the transaction was complete! The SEC refused to allow the simple stock swap as Delta had over $13 billion in debt. NWA had very little debt at the time, as most of it had been paid down. NWA also had over $3 billion in cash and cash equivalents. They ended up loaning all of that cash to Delta so they could turn around and complete the intended merger by means of a leveraged buyout. After the LBO was completed, the loan was completed by the new Delta Air Lines. It was decided that the Delta name would survive due to name brand recognition domestically. But NWA, by far, had the better name brand recognition internationally!!! The 'widget' was redesigned to reflect a bit of both former airlines. The name of the new company was changed from Delta Airlines to Delta Air Lines, Inc. Small change, but incorporating both former companies into a new, single company!
@ILIGANO WOW that is sooooo cool.
I will miss NWA for the history of what it gave when you think of the great circle route you think of NWA, but I think this is the best of both airlines and DL will become an elite Airline.
I wish it ended at 3:22 and i'm not exactly certain if this will be the best change but we'll see how it plays out. im just not ready to lose an airline this great
This was more of a merger than TWA/AA was....
my dad was a TWA pilot since 1990 and is still on furlough from AA since 2003
The music in this video is epic. Its sad though, my dream was always to fly a redtail. Now what?
@kakajax The thing is, it wouldn't have even been that hard. Have the Delta widget rotated 60 degrees, and suddenly it's the triangle pointing to the northwest. This is better than the final nwa livery that pointed to the northeast half the time.
Northwest delayed me for five hours because of their flight attendant strike in 2005.
@ntaylor97 Delta is doing a nice job, c'mon now...i do miss NWA though
i dont know much about them but i only liked there new livery thats all i knew about them
@DrewD5400 totally agree
I was there..
as a minnesota resident, I won't miss NorthWorst. Delta is not much better though...
All I can say is We have been far greater in our past than Delta has ever dreamed of being! And in order to fulfill that dream they had to buy us (NWA) and Pan Am
I think Delta should have operated Northwest Airlines as a wholly owned subsidiary and not merge them together.
@tomcatpilot1 Amen to your respects to TWA. I was born & raised in St. Louis up until I was 16 & if we flew anywhere it was on TWA. TWA was one of the best airlines ever to take to the skies, IMHO. Customer service was king. If only that gutless corporate raider Icahn hadn't destroyed TWA from the inside before he cut & run. I miss TWA tremendously & I know that there will be many who'll miss not seeing NWA aircraft flying as well. Take care.
@aviationnutsv
Fargo was contracted out by NWA long ago. All that's changed is who has the contract...
I don't think I will ever part with my piece of the red tail.
Bring back NWA paint scheme please
The Main reason AA brought TWA was for TWA's STL hub so it could be a safety valve for ORD, this was before 9/11 though.
yah but now its closed already i cried cause of that :(
Sorry, but the sun did set on Northwest Airlines. There's no trace of the airline in the aviation industry today. Northwest was a truly great airline. If only they were the successor, instead of Delta.
+EverUnited The sun set on the Northwest brand, but not really Northwest culture. Following the merger the management team at DL was more Northwest.. if you look at things like BoB, cabins (2-class), fleet makeup, hubs (minus JFK and ATL), etc.. Northwest is still flying and they're bigger than ever--just under the Delta brand. Also from personal accounts, most ex-NW employees are pretty happy about the merger. At the very least, they're not all pissed off like at US/AA and UA/CO.
I do wish the Northwest name survived. I flew NWA a lot before the merger, always great. I only started flying Delta post-merger, and have seen a lot of improvements.. mostly thanks to NWA management, culture, and employees that carried over.
I like many gave much to keep them flying for 25 yrs even in leverage takeovers the people spirit was great until right at the end then kicked out like last nights bad dream
Hi Ever,If you get a chance to see an aircraft from Delta, check out the serial number on the tail. After the number there are two letters. If you see the letters "NW" those are the old Northwest planes. The serial number stays with the aircraft throughout it's life. Even if in a small way, Northwest does live on, and I will remember fondly the only airline I flew overseas, take care.
@@elumntsa DL still registers *new* aircraft with NW registrations!
@@upilufti The culture of NWA is what killed the airline, lets no romanticize it now. Delta has always had a recipe for success.
wow i didn't know they had flights to manila in the old times like 1970's maybe.
I know they had flights to manila in 1988
i searched NWA as in the par group and this came up :/
Delta just had to mess up the end of the video with the change of the tail.