The NW at the end of the registration number is the first clue that N361NW formerly flew for Northwest Airlines. The Airbus A320-200 has been with Delta Air Lines since 2009 with the two airlines completing their merger in 2010. We photographed this A320 on May 20, 2018 while plane spotting at Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ).
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N361NW
N361NW performed its first flight on October 16, 1998 and was first delivered to Northwest Airlines on November 17, 1998. The Airbus A320-212 was then transferred to Delta Air Lines on July 26, 2009 just prior to the merger between the two airlines finalizing on January 31, 2010.
Northwest Airlines was founded in 1926 as Northwest Airways. The airline was headquartered in Eagan, Minnesota and was a member of the SkyTeam Alliance at the time of it’s demise. At the time of the merger, Northwest had a fleet of 320 aircraft, including their cargo division, and flew to 254 destinations.
This A320 is configured for a maximum total of 157 passengers with 16 seats in first class, 18 more in premium economy and 123 economy class seats. This is one of 62 Airbus A320-200 models in the main Delta fleet.
On March 20, 2013, N361NW was flying from New Orleans, Louisiana to New York’s LaGuardia Airport. On the descent into New York City, the crew experienced a hydraulic failure due to a possible hydraulic leak. The flight was diverted to JFK for a safe landing. The aircraft was shut down on the runway while emergency services checked for leaks and one was indeed found halfway down the fuselage.
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Airbus A320-200
The Airbus A320 is the leader of the Airbus A320 family. The A321 is the extended version while the A319 and A318 are shrunken versions. The airplane is 38 metres or 123 feet in length with a wingspan of 36 metres or 118 feet. At the tail, the aircraft stands 12 metres or 39 feet in height. The flight range is 6,100 kilometres.
The first Airbus A320 was introduced in 1988 with Air France. Somewhere around 4,400 of the A320 have been built and around 7,500 aircraft from the A320 family have been put into service.
Delta Air Lines
The airline was founded in 1924 as Huff Daland Dusters and commenced operations as Delta Air Lines in 1929. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Delta is a founding member of the SkyTeam Alliance. Other founding members include AeroMexico, Air France and Korean Air. There are now 20 full members and the alliance is headquartered at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in the Netherlands.
The main Delta fleet has nearly 890 aircraft flying to 325 destinations around the world. The highest capacity airliner in the fleet is the Airbus A350-900. The most numerous in the fleet is the Boeing 737-900ER. All their Boeing 747-400 airplanes were phased out with the last retired in 2017.