It was named after Cid because he designed it. And he's the best piolet in the world. I'm shocked they changed the name. Pretty stupid on Squares part. It will always be the Highwind to me.
EDIT: I just looked at the pic. in the link of the new Highwind! WHAT THE
@$#@$%&* did they do to it. Its hideous. If Cid was going to rebuild that escape pod plane thing into another airship he would have remade the Highwind. Not that discrace to it. The real Cid wouldn't do that to his beloved ship. :mad::mad::mad: Square-Enix. I'll never forgive them for corrupting Square-Soft's briliance. I'm only thankful that Square-Soft is still mostly intact within Squar-Enix.