Northwest Planes And Delta Red Dresses Spotted At Detroit-Metro

Where: Detroit Metro Wayne Country Airport [map], Detroit, MI, United States

August 24, 2009 at 12:59 PM | by JetSetCD | Comment (1)

Yesterday morning, during our hop on a 6am flight from New York-LaGuardia to Detroit-Metro, we were once again confronted by the schizophrenia of the whole Delta/Northwest merger. Although the fancy McNamara terminal at DTW has been decked out in Delta regalia since before April, a few traces of the old red-and-grey still exist.

For instance, our DC-9 plane was still sporting the Northwest livery, as was this 747 jumbo jet pictured above, patiently sitting at a gate until a 12:35pm departure to Tokyo (it's no coincidence that the terminal's sushi bar is across from this gate). Aside from that, everything from the in-flight magazine to the Biscoff cookies were stamped with the Delta logo.

It's also of note that we scored a surprise upgrade—which basically meant free pillows and blankets for the just-under-two-hours flight and the service of a flight attendant outfitted in the Richard Tyler red wrap dress.

Even though we arrived first class, and therefore a little less swollen-eyed than usual, we still wonder if the best part about Detroit is Detroit's airport.

[Photo: Jaunted]

Jaunted

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