NW crews will be the only ones flying the 744s and DL crews will be the only ones flying the 772s for five years after the operating certificate is merged, so it will be DL crews on these flights.

I'm glad to see the new Delta fill in this major gap in their coverage and I hope that the combined DL/NW will have enough passengers to make the route work where either company alone might have struggled more. I guess they figured they had a better chance of making this very competitor-filled route work compared to other cities with less competition.

Tom