Burnsie28 From United States of America, joined Aug 2004, 7411 posts, RR: 9 Posted (3 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 15806 times:
Sadly today January 30th is the last day that the Northwest call sign will be used Beginning tomorrow all flights will use the "Delta" call sign. End of a great era in aviation.
"Some People Just Know How To Fly"- Best slogan ever, RIP NW 1926-2009
Bioyuki From United States of America, joined Nov 2009, 108 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (3 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 15825 times:
Flying SFO-JFK on UA tomorrow and will miss hearing the NW call sign on Channel 9
DeltAirlines From United States of America, joined May 1999, 8772 posts, RR: 13 Reply 2, posted (3 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 15658 times:
My understanding in talking to my contacts is that the final flight with a Northwest callsign is tomorrow...
Timf From United States of America, joined Mar 2003, 954 posts, RR: 1 Reply 3, posted (3 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 15600 times:
The first two DL coded flights are already in the air.
Burnsie28 From United States of America, joined Aug 2004, 7411 posts, RR: 9 Reply 4, posted (3 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 15509 times:
Quoting DeltAirlines (Reply 2): My understanding in talking to my contacts is that the final flight with a Northwest callsign is tomorrow...
According to TrimTab and Delta its today... all flights departing tomorrow morning use the Delta call sign, so technically you may hear the NW call sign for flights from Hawaii and what not.
"Some People Just Know How To Fly"- Best slogan ever, RIP NW 1926-2009
DeltAirlines From United States of America, joined May 1999, 8772 posts, RR: 13 Reply 5, posted (3 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 15478 times:
Quoting Burnsie28 (Reply 4): According to TrimTab and Delta its today...
I will take the word of my source on Virginia Avenue over Airliners.net every day of the week...
Simairlinenet From United States of America, joined Oct 2005, 815 posts, RR: 2 Reply 6, posted (3 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 15430 times:
Which is the final flight? I believe it is one of the HNL arrivals from the West Coast--SEA-HNL?
Quoting Burnsie28 (Reply 4): According to TrimTab and Delta its today... all flights departing tomorrow morning use the Delta call sign, so technically you may hear the NW call sign for flights from Hawaii and what not.
Also, any flight that arrives tomorrow needs to use the Delta callsign and code even if it departed today. Hence the NRT example.
Burnsie28 From United States of America, joined Aug 2004, 7411 posts, RR: 9 Reply 7, posted (3 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 15383 times:
Quoting DeltAirlines (Reply 5): I will take the word of my source on Virginia Avenue over Airliners.net every day of the week...
Where do you think both of those examples came from?
"Some People Just Know How To Fly"- Best slogan ever, RIP NW 1926-2009
Burnsie28 From United States of America, joined Aug 2004, 7411 posts, RR: 9 Reply 8, posted (3 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 15305 times:
Quoting DeltAirlines (Reply 5): I will take the word of my source on Virginia Avenue over Airliners.net every day of the week...
Strait from the horses mouth
Quote: Per the EFCB issued to North fleets 28Jan10, all former Northwest flights will migrate to a “Delta” call sign effective with the first departure on 31Jan10 (Based on departure station local time/date).
"Some People Just Know How To Fly"- Best slogan ever, RIP NW 1926-2009
WestWing From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 2112 posts, RR: 8 Reply 9, posted (3 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 14 hours ago) and read 15207 times:
The last flight I could find on FlightAware was NWA 2330 MSP to SEA today. Is there any NWA flight after that one?
The best time to plant a tree is 40 years ago. The second best time is today.
E38 From United States of America, joined May 2008, 235 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (3 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 14 hours ago) and read 15134 times:
It is my understanding that crews who fly Delta flights in aircraft still painted in Northwest colors will not have to add "in Northwest colors" to the call sign. ATC will understand all Northwest-painted aircraft will be operating as Delta flights. The only confusion I can see would be if ATC Ground Control tells another aircraft to follow a Delta flight operating in Northwest colors; i.e., "American 338 taxi to Runway 18R via follow the Delta DC9."
Avek00 From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 4092 posts, RR: 18 Reply 11, posted (3 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 14 hours ago) and read 15079 times:
WestWing From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 2112 posts, RR: 8 Reply 12, posted (3 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 14 hours ago) and read 14912 times:
Quoting Simairlinenet (Reply 6):
Also, any flight that arrives tomorrow needs to use the Delta callsign and code even if it departed today.
FlightAware is showing both of tonight's DTW to AMS flights as having been filed as Northwest (flights NWA 242 and NWA 248). Obviously, both of these flights arrive "tomorrow" in AMS, and I assume because they fave been filed as NWA they will use the "Northwest" call-sign. So unless dispatch have filed those two flights incorrectly (unlikely), the rule you stated appears to not hold.
The best time to plant a tree is 40 years ago. The second best time is today.
Cv640 From United States of America, joined Aug 2000, 948 posts, RR: 6 Reply 13, posted (3 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 14 hours ago) and read 14887 times:
Yes, today is the last. It will be odd hearing and using Delta next week. We just did our last Northwest this morning. At least we can end the Northwest in Delta colors check in.
Michman From United States of America, joined Dec 2006, 327 posts, RR: 0 Reply 14, posted (3 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 14729 times:
Looks like the HNL redeye flights tonight (1/30) have already been changed over. For example, HNL-MSP is now DL2438 instead of NW2438. The same is true for the HNL - West Coast flights. Couldn't find any west coast NW to hub redeyes that depart before midnight tonight. They all seem to depart after midnight and have DL flight numbers.
Azjubilee From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 3556 posts, RR: 30 Reply 15, posted (3 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 14606 times:
This really isn't that hard people. All flights that DEPART tomorrow (Jan 31st) will use the Delta call sign. Due to flights that have tomorrow as their ARRIVAL date some flights are already using the DL callsign. Like: all Pacific bound departures today, all Europe bound departures tonight, redeyes that leave tonight and arrive tomorrow. It's actually a gradual change over, as flights arrive, they "drop off" as NWA and removed from PARS.
WestWing From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 2112 posts, RR: 8 Reply 16, posted (3 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 14502 times:
Quoting Azjubilee (Reply 15): some flights are already using the DL callsign. Like: all Pacific bound departures today, all Europe bound departures tonight
You assert "all Europe bound departures tonight are already using the DL callsign". Three posts above yours I highlighted two Europe bound departures tonight that are filed using the NWA code & presumably will use a "Northwest" callsign.
The best time to plant a tree is 40 years ago. The second best time is today.
Macsog6 From Singapore, joined Jan 2010, 477 posts, RR: 0 Reply 17, posted (3 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 14388 times:
I hate to see the NW call sign go, especially to be replaced by DL's, but I have only just gotten over NW dropping the Orient from their REAL name, Northwest Orient. I really must be getting old.
Sixty Plus Years of Flying! "I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things." - Saint Ex
Azjubilee From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 3556 posts, RR: 30 Reply 18, posted (3 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 14128 times:
Technically - the "Orient" part was never anything official and was there purely for marketing reasons.
Burnsie28 From United States of America, joined Aug 2004, 7411 posts, RR: 9 Reply 19, posted (3 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 14016 times:
Quoting WestWing (Reply 16): You assert "all Europe bound departures tonight are already using the DL callsign". Three posts above yours I highlighted two Europe bound departures tonight that are filed using the NWA code & presumably will use a "Northwest" callsign.
They are using the Delta call sign. Which btw found this funny on Flightaware... tonights DL 250 DTW-FRA is being subbed from an A332 to MD-88 haha
Quoting Macsog6 (Reply 17): I hate to see the NW call sign go, especially to be replaced by DL's, but I have only just gotten over NW dropping the Orient from their REAL name, Northwest Orient. I really must be getting old.
Quoting Azjubilee (Reply 18): Technically - the "Orient" part was never anything official and was there purely for marketing reasons.
Correct, the company was always Northwest Airlines, never Northwest Orient Airlines legally.
"Some People Just Know How To Fly"- Best slogan ever, RIP NW 1926-2009
WestWing From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 2112 posts, RR: 8 Reply 20, posted (3 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 13939 times:
Quoting Burnsie28 (Reply 19): Which btw found this funny on Flightaware... tonights DL 250 DTW-FRA is being subbed from an A332 to MD-88 haha
Nwafflyer From United States of America, joined Jul 2004, 1050 posts, RR: 2 Reply 21, posted (3 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 13750 times:
Just for laughs - as I read this thread in monterrey, Mexico, as a long time NWA frequent flyer, platinum, or now Diamond, I was a little upset, tiped over my chair and broke my window
embarrassed, yes, but in a way it is kind of fitting
WestWing From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 2112 posts, RR: 8 Reply 22, posted (3 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 13492 times:
Since I can't edit my previous post due to a bug which I have now reported in the site related thread, I want to add..
Thegooddoctor From United States of America, joined Nov 2005, 523 posts, RR: 0 Reply 23, posted (3 years 3 months 3 weeks 4 days 10 hours ago) and read 13362 times:
Goodbye Northwest...
To all the NWA employees - thank you. My very first flight was on NWA (MD-80 from PHX-DTW) and I've spent an awful lot of time with you in the two decades after.
Delta is ok, but flying with them will not be the same.
-TheGoodDoc
PS. Seeing the Deltalina video is the only thing that has made me book with DL since
25 GothamSpotter: Looks like NW802 HNL-ATL is the latest departure on today's sched. Can anyone confirm this will be the last one?
26 WestWing: I think the scheduled departure time of NWA2330 that I mentioned in Reply 9 above is 5 minutes later than the 802. If my math is correct, then NWA 80
27 GothamSpotter: Ahh, missed that, thanks. But I guess 802 will be the last to touch down.[Edited 2010-01-30 19:10:16]
28 DWController: Just said goodnight to my last NWA flight at MHT. Flt 7202 DC9-40 from DTW. Pilot had a nice fair well to tower after landing. Its been good NWA, see
29 WestWing: I think that is correct. Scheduled arrival for 802 is 11:50Z which is after NW 248 to AMS sch. arr. 10:20Z (both Sunday).
30 B595: Northwest & Northwest Orient took my grandparents to Europe, took my father to Japan via ANC on a DC10-40, and more than once took me across the lower
31 JBAirwaysFan: Good-bye Northwest. See you on the Delta side! Flight Aware is showing DTW-MSP flights for tomorrow using the "DAL" code instead of "NWA".
32 CGKings317: Reading this thread, to me, is like reading a condolence book or a funeral program. I was only getting over the disappearance of the "bowling shoe" li
33 CIDflyer: Bye NWA, you have served me well over the years. Looking forward to going on with DL. Now just bring me back my CID-ATL flight
34 JBAirwaysFan: When will NWA.com start redirecting to Delta.com?
35 Timf: Looks like 802 won't be the last NW flight, it's already operating as DAL802. http://flightaware.com/live/flight/D...2/history/20100131/0413Z/PHNL/KAT
36 WestWing: Sorry, it looks like 802 departed HNL as DAL 802 so it is not a Northwest flight. So far the last departure appears to have been NWA 7238 MCI to MSP.
37 Reggaebird: NWA.com will forward to Delta.com on 1/31/10.
38 71Zulu: Take a look at Hattiesburg, MS Mesaba flights today, Delta flights tomorrow http://flightaware.com/live/airport/KPIB That can't be right, is it?
39 CIDflyer: it seems that all NW Airlink flights (Mesaba/Pinnacle/Compass) have been coded as DAL flights on flightaware tomorrow. I've noticed all CID-MSP/DTW f
40 WestWing: The final NWA departure may have been NWA 2470 LAX to LAS which should be landing in LAS as I make this post. The final NWA arrival still looks like i
41 Ocracoke: Goodbye, NW. Thanks for keeping me and the family safe on all your flights over these past four decades. This photo was the last time I was able to ge
42 USAir1: I wish all NW employees the best at the new DL. NW is the reason I became interested in aviation. As a child I would fly back and forth to MSP from so
43 KLASM83: Good bye, Red Tail. Off to the old dusty trail, after many many successes without fail. I raise my and salute you.
44 MSPNWA: According to what I see on FlightAware, the final time the Northwest callsign will be used in the U.S.A. will be an NBA charter plane, NWA9946, IAD-MS
45 71Zulu: Here's the Hornet's coming back from MEM, http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N...0/history/20100131/0450Z/KMEM/KMSY The same plane then scheduled to f
46 Alitalia744: Welcome change. Welcome to the new D E L T A.
47 KLASM83: Also, per flightaware NWA 2159 should be amongst the last (if not the last) for domestic NWA flights. It has about roughly 1:40 left when I posted.[Ed
48 Coronado: NWA9946 (A319) appears to be one of the last domestic flights using the NWA call sign -scheduled to leave IAD at 11:39 pm 30Jan2010 but actually left
49 DocLightning: I heard it today at SFO. A NW 753 and A320 landed (in DL colors). Good riddance, NW. Hopefully DL will be a better airline to its customers than NW wa
50 Coronado: Sorry MSPNWA you posted this first-- but it does seem to be the last Lower 48 NWA call sign flight. I was trying to look up the paint scheme on this
51 71Zulu: 9946 is a charter number. This must be the New York Knicks. They played in Washington tonight and play the Timberwolves tomorrow.
52 Atlwest1: Now Now Doc at least be respectful to those who are mourning NWA it was a pioneering airline and ads much much value to Delta as Delta will to NWA. L
53 MSPNWA: Ah, forgot about the HNL arrivals. This will be the last flight in the U.S.A. #9946 will be the last for the continental states. Edit: Info above two
54 71Zulu: It's the Knicks not the Wizards. They played the Wizards today and play the T'wolves Sunday at 6:00pm. NBA Charter config N328NB N330NB N331NB N351NB
55 MSPNWA: Thanks. I was looking at the NBA schedule and didn't put two and two together.
56 Flashmeister: Weird to see just 3 NWA-coded flights in FlightAware (as of 1:30am or so PST). So, is that it, then?
57 FlyASAGuy2005: So, what was the last flight to be operated with a NW callsign? Not just the "lower 48" but the very last flight to touch down anywhere with NWA_____.
58 JBAirwaysFan: Yep. Just checked. NWA.com is gone.
59 71Zulu: Should be DTW-AMS flight 248, http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N...8/history/20100131/0310Z/KDTW/EHAM
60 Reggaebird: A sad but wonderful achievement for the people of Northwest that's worthy of all of the attention it's getting. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rto3Url
61 Web500sjc: Good bye NW, I remeber my first flight on you, and my only, I believe MD-10 from BWI to LAX thank you NWA.
62 Burnsie28: Well it lives on, just heard Northwest 2105... then the pilot said, sorry Delta 2105... its going to take forever... then tower goes, yeah its gonna s
63 LMML 14/32: I only flew NW once, DTW LGW 22 years ago. The plane was a DC10. I do not remember being impressed all that much. But then again as an aviation fan it
64 BOACCunard: So it looks like the last NWA flight to depart was: NW 9946 Dep IAD 0554 Arr MSP 0812 Eqp 319 And the last to arrive was: NW 0248 Dep DTW 0317 Arr AMS
65 Ocracoke: 1988? In 1988, PanAM was flying the route. DL got the rights in1991, and flew a CLE-DTW-LGW-FRA route. NW took DL to court in the mid 1990s to get
66 Peanuts: PA flew LHR NW always has had LGW, up until recently.
67 Peanuts: This one (pics+ video mixed) I thought was pretty neat, from last night, including water cannon salute: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP2EBxSHfjc Sin
68 WESTERN737800: I listened to the scanner all of the time as a kid. Living in MSP airspace I heard NW more than anyone else and would search the timetables to see wha
69 71Zulu: Will need confirmation, but backtracking it through acars it looks like N354NB.
70 Burnsie28: According to PARS 9946 was operated by ship 3163 or N363NB
71 71Zulu: Thanks, acars didn't hit on 9946 and I tried to follow the 319 back to it's last where I got a hit and it was NW 9939 on the 28th, guess there was mo
72 Timf: Speaking of ACARS, I'm seeing a lot fewer hits on the former NW aircraft today compared to when they were under the NW call sign. There were only a ha
73 71Zulu: This tracker http://antonakis.co.uk/acars.php?page=request is working the best right now. This one http://acarsd.org/acars_search.html is having probl
74 Burj: Didn't see a link to this yet... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iJkoezNeyI
75 MSPNWA: I listened to the MSP ATC when 9946 came in. Nothing special was said on approach. It was the usual good-night to each, and "Northwest" died peacefull
76 AndyDTWnwa7: The history through the years (including every logo): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4nb489Dy5Q My favorite NWA commercial (no longer on youtube): ht
77 AndyDTWnwa7: And one final tribute video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f7zYNePqAM
78 Nwaramper: It was planned to have the old livery and yes I was really cool. Good bye Northwest Airlines you will be missed.
79 Cws818: Not entirely about the NW call sign, but probably not worth its own thread: For years NW handled all of KL's sales/customer support in North America (
80 Herc4ever: KLM has a US site up and running. http://www.klm.com/travel/us_en/index.htm
83 Nalez: Here is a video from the last flight to leave Tampa, to MSP. It is a wonderful, touching video for those of us that love the red tails. http://www.you
85 UCLAX: When I think of NWA, the word KINDNESS comes to mind. Everyone has always been kind, calm, and appreciative, and helpful. Godspeed!
86 Mcg: When my son was about 8 years old we were standing on the concourse at MSP. Looking at the gates you could see flights departing to London, Paris, Tok
87 WorldTraveler: " target=_blank>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP2EB...SHfjc very well done... listen to the words of the refrain: "it's a brand new day... For the f
88 Peanuts: All indications are pointing in that direction. There a a few (union) strongholds in MSP and DTW that are extremely negative for absolutely no reason
89 TWFirst: The interactive route map on delta.com still doesn't show MSP, DTW and MEM as hubs. Nor does it have any AirFrance/KLM branding or link on the home pa
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