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Northwest Airlines Reports February Traffic EAGAN, Minn., March 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Northwest Airlines (NASDAQ:NWAC) today announced a systemwide February load factor of 77.6 percent, 3.1 points above February 2004. Northwest flew 5.5 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) and 7.09 billion available seat miles (ASMs) in February 2005, a traffic increase of 6.6 percent and a capacity increase of 2.4 percent versus February 2004. NORTHWEST AIRLINES TRAFFIC SUMMARY February 2005 February 2004 Change Revenue Passenger Miles (000s): System 5,498,109 5,155,313 6.6% Domestic 3,246,784 3,090,493 5.1% International 2,251,325 2,064,820 9.0% Pacific 1,507,913 1,432,296 5.3% Atlantic 743,412 632,524 17.5% Available Seat Miles (000s): System 7,088,602 6,923,467 2.4% Domestic 4,318,086 4,418,660 (2.3%) International 2,770,516 2,504,807 10.6% Pacific 1,797,726 1,653,809 8.7% Atlantic 972,790 850,998 14.3% Load Factor: System 77.6% 74.5% 3.1 pts Domestic 75.2% 69.9% 5.3 pts International 81.3% 82.4% (1.1 pts) Pacific 83.9% 86.6% (2.7 pts) Atlantic 76.4% 74.3% 2.1 pts Enplaned Passengers 4,124,550 3,894,759 5.9% YTD-05 YTD-04 Change Revenue Passenger Miles (000s): System 11,316,743 10,397,613 8.8% Domestic 6,479,579 6,059,398 6.9% International 4,837,164 4,338,215 11.5% Pacific 3,231,197 2,995,428 7.9% Atlantic 1,605,967 1,342,787 19.6% Available Seat Miles (000s): System 14,669,200 14,096,561 4.1% Domestic 8,823,832 8,895,807 (0.8%) International 5,845,368 5,200,754 12.4% Pacific 3,797,235 3,438,819 10.4% Atlantic 2,048,133 1,761,935 16.2% Load Factor: System 77.1% 73.8% 3.3 pts Domestic 73.4% 68.1% 5.3 pts International 82.8% 83.4% (0.6 pts) Pacific 85.1% 87.1% (2.0 pts) Atlantic 78.4% 76.2% 2.2 pts Enplaned Passengers 8,295,724 7,689,353 7.9% Northwest Airlines is the world's fourth largest airline with hubs at Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis, Tokyo and Amsterdam, and approximately 1,500 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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