Northwest Airlines shareholders approved their merger deal with Delta Airlines this morning.  Delta shareholders meet to approve the merger this afternoon. 

While this is for most purposes a pro forma part of the process, it is another step forward in this merger.

What I continue to wonder about is the new corporate identity.  Will Northwest’s heritage and history survive in some small way?  I’ve seen some concepts done by people that turn the Delta “widget” into point on a compass.  PlaneBuzz has some images that show it looking something like THIS.

And I must say I like the concepts.  I do think the circle on the fuselage is a bit busy but it works on the tail just fine.   I suspect, however, that the Delta identity will remain the same and Northwest’s identity will fade away as airplanes and uniforms are changed over.

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