NWAC Northwest Airlines (MM)

EAGAN, Minn., Sept. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Northwest Airlines (NASDAQ:NWAC) today announced a systemwide August load factor of 84.8 percent, 1.5 points above August 2004. Northwest flew 6.96 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) and 8.2 billion available seat miles (ASMs) in August 2005, a traffic increase of 0.7 percent and a capacity decrease of 1.0 percent versus August 2004. NORTHWEST AIRLINES TRAFFIC SUMMARY August 2005 August 2004 Change Revenue Passenger Miles (000s): System 6,957,066 6,906,257 0.7% Domestic 4,007,749 4,086,347 (1.9)% International 2,949,317 2,819,910 4.6% Pacific 1,865,053 1,838,622 1.4% Atlantic 1,084,264 981,288 10.5% Available Seat Miles (000s): System 8,203,263 8,289,687 (1.0)% Domestic 4,881,196 5,101,434 (4.3)% International 3,322,067 3,188,253 4.2% Pacific 2,088,615 2,096,765 (0.4)% Atlantic 1,233,452 1,091,488 13.0% Load Factor: System 84.8% 83.3% 1.5 pts Domestic 82.1% 80.1% 2.0 pts International 88.8% 88.4% 0.4 pts Pacific 89.3% 87.7% 1.6 pts Atlantic 87.9% 89.9% (2.0) pts Enplaned Passengers 5,064,028 5,171,990 (2.1)% YTD-05 YTD-04 Change Revenue Passenger Miles (000s): System 52,619,054 49,476,541 6.4% Domestic 30,767,991 29,294,876 5.0% International 21,851,063 20,181,665 8.3% Pacific 14,047,594 13,336,295 5.3% Atlantic 7,803,469 6,845,370 14.0% Available Seat Miles (000s): System 63,284,359 61,147,648 3.5% Domestic 38,468,526 38,118,483 0.9% International 24,815,833 23,029,165 7.8% Pacific 15,920,109 15,078,431 5.6% Atlantic 8,895,724 7,950,734 11.9% Load Factor: System 83.1% 80.9% 2.2 pts Domestic 80.0% 76.9% 3.1 pts International 88.1% 87.6% 0.5 pts Pacific 88.2% 88.4% (0.2) pts Atlantic 87.7% 86.1% 1.6 pts Enplaned Passengers 39,252,423 37,339,511 5.1% Northwest Airlines is the world's fourth largest airline with hubs at Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis, Tokyo and Amsterdam, and approximately 1,400 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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