Special livery
Delta 100 Years livery
Delta's centennial livery in blue and silver with blue engines and wingtips.
Since Feb 2025 · Confirmed Sep 28, 2026
Airframe story
N589DT is a Delta Air Lines Airbus A321-271NX, serial number 12417, built in 2025. FAA records show Delta Air Lines as the registrant from February 26, 2025 onward. The aircraft has been linked to a special livery marking 100 years of Delta passenger service, and photos confirm it has flown in Delta's fleet. Over the observed year it logged 1,119 flights and 3,949.7 hours, with chapters at Minneapolis-St. Paul, JFK, and Atlanta before its most recent position at the small Georgia airfield 48Y. Sister ships from Delta's A321neo order, including N592DT, N591DT, N593DX, N594DA, N590DT, and N557DN, remain registered to Delta and show similarly heavy use, underscoring the type's role as a Delta workhorse within a cohort where Delta holds the largest single share of A321-271NX aircraft (56).
Livery guess: Delta '100 Years' commemorative livery. Two snippets describe N589DT specifically as painted in a unique Delta livery marking 100 years of Delta passenger service
203 Airbus A321-271NX are in the FAA records; 201 still registered; 199 flew in the last year. Most sit with United Airlines Inc (59) and Delta Air Lines Inc (56).
From the FAA registry and observed flights. Inferences are labeled; outside facts are cited.