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Delta’s red and blue flight attendant uniforms are replacing Northwest’s gray ensembles, and the “widget” logo has been painted on dozens of the newly acquired jets. Pastrami sandwiches and other items from Delta’s for-purchase food menu will appear on Northwest jets next week, Tim Mapes, senior vice president of marketing, said today in an interview.
The moves are visible signs of the purchase that made Delta the world’s biggest airline. Delta is counting used travel trailers for sale california on swift integration to achieve $2 billion in savings and new revenue amid a worsening recession and plunging travel demand.
“I would urge them to bury the Northwest brand as soon as possible,” said Jay Sorensen, president of consulting used travel trailers for sale california firm IdeaWorks used travel trailers for sale california in Shorewood, Wisconsin. “Northwest had a weaker brand than Delta and customers already know it’s going to go away, so there’s no reason to drag it out.”
Northwest and UAL Corp.’s United Airlines tied for the worst customer-satisfaction scored among major U.S. carriers in a 2008 survey by consumer-research firm J.D. Power Associates, with two points out of a possible five. Delta had four points.
Delta, based in Atlanta, had been the third-largest U.S. carrier before used travel trailers for sale california completing its all-stock purchase of No. 5 Northwest on Oct. 29. Together, they have $35 billion in revenue and 75,000 employees.
The company used travel trailers for sale california has made progress on meshing operations, which Delta estimates will cost $500 million and will be complete by the end of 2010. Steps taken so far include shuffling used travel trailers for sale california planes from each airline’s fleet to match demand on certain routes.
Mapes said the combined airline is “months ahead” of its plan for converting Northwest to the Delta brand, with employees focused first on changes that customers would see. All 300 Northwest planes will be repainted by the end of 2010, Mapes said, and frequent-flier programs have already been combined.
Among the amenities used travel trailers for sale california most requested by Northwest customers were fresh-food choices such as salads, sandwiches and cheese plates, so Delta will expand its food-for-purchase program to Northwest flights starting used travel trailers for sale california next week, Mapes said.
Passengers on Northwest flights will soon see napkins and snacks including Biscoff graham-cracker cookies bearing Delta’s logo, and a new edition of Delta’s in-flight magazine called Sky will be tucked into seatback pockets.
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