NWAC Northwest Airlines (MM)

EAGAN, Minn., Aug. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Northwest Airlines (NASDAQ:NWAC) today announced a systemwide July load factor of 87.5 percent, 1.7 points above July 2004. Northwest flew 7.47 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) and 8.54 billion available seat miles in July 2005, a traffic increase of 5.4 percent and a capacity increase of 3.4 percent versus July 2004. NORTHWEST AIRLINES TRAFFIC SUMMARY July 2005 July 2004 Change Revenue Passenger Miles (000s): System 7,474,773 7,089,832 5.4% Domestic 4,466,859 4,239,550 5.4% International 3,007,914 2,850,282 5.5% Pacific 1,869,326 1,847,970 1.2% Atlantic 1,138,588 1,002,312 13.6% Available Seat Miles (000s): System 8,544,145 8,262,698 3.4% Domestic 5,239,115 5,080,078 3.1% International 3,305,030 3,182,620 3.8% Pacific 2,077,718 2,088,596 (0.5)% Atlantic 1,227,312 1,094,024 12.2% Load Factor: System 87.5% 85.8% 1.7 pts Domestic 85.3% 83.5% 1.8 pts International 91.0% 89.6% 1.4 pts Pacific 90.0% 88.5% 1.5 pts Atlantic 92.8% 91.6% 1.2 pts Enplaned Passengers 5,540,993 5,366,470 3.3% YTD-05 YTD-04 Change Revenue Passenger Miles (000s): System 45,661,988 42,570,282 7.3% Domestic 26,760,242 25,208,529 6.2% International 18,901,746 17,361,753 8.9% Pacific 12,182,541 11,497,672 6.0% Atlantic 6,719,205 5,864,081 14.6% Available Seat Miles (000s): System 55,081,098 52,857,959 4.2% Domestic 33,587,331 33,017,048 1.7% International 21,493,767 19,840,911 8.3% Pacific 13,831,494 12,981,666 6.5% Atlantic 7,622,273 6,859,245 11.7% Load Factor: System 82.9% 80.5% 2.4 pts Domestic 79.7% 76.4% 3.3 pts International 87.9% 87.5% 0.4 pts Pacific 88.1% 88.6% (0.5) pts Atlantic 87.7% 85.5% 2.2 pts Enplaned Passengers 34,188,395 32,167,521 6.3% Northwest Airlines is the world's fourth largest airline with hubs at Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis, Tokyo and Amsterdam, and approximately 1,600 daily departures. Northwest and its travel partners serve more than 900 cities in more than 160 countries on six continents. DATASOURCE: Northwest Airlines CONTACT: Northwest Media Relations, +1-612-726-2331 Web site: http://www.nwa.com/

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