NWAC Northwest Airlines (MM)

EAGAN, Minn., Oct. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Northwest Airlines (NASDAQ:NWAC) today announced a systemwide September load factor of 81.0 percent, 1.8 points above September 2004. Northwest flew 6.01 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) and 7.41 billion available seat miles (ASMs) in September 2005, a traffic increase of 4.5 percent and a capacity increase of 2.1 percent versus September 2004. NORTHWEST AIRLINES TRAFFIC SUMMARY September 2005 September 2004 Change Revenue Passenger Miles (000s): System 6,005,668 5,747,964 4.5% Domestic 3,274,671 3,115,477 5.1% International 2,730,997 2,632,487 3.7% Pacific 1,688,317 1,684,166 0.2% Atlantic 1,042,680 948,321 10.0% Available Seat Miles (000s): System 7,412,626 7,261,126 2.1% Domestic 4,213,758 4,216,391 (0.1)% International 3,198,868 3,044,735 5.1% Pacific 2,004,710 1,990,457 0.7% Atlantic 1,194,158 1,054,278 13.3% Load Factor: System 81.0% 79.2% 1.8 pts Domestic 77.7% 73.9% 3.8 pts International 85.4% 86.5% (1.1) pts Pacific 84.2% 84.6% (0.4) pts Atlantic 87.3% 89.9% (2.6) pts Enplaned Passengers 4,378,598 4,259,091 2.8% 3Q 2005 3Q 2004 Change Revenue Passenger Miles (000s): System 20,437,507 19,744,053 3.5% Domestic 11,749,279 11,441,374 2.7% International 8,688,228 8,302,679 4.6% Pacific 5,422,696 5,370,758 1.0% Atlantic 3,265,532 2,931,921 11.4% Available Seat Miles (000s): System 24,160,034 23,813,511 1.5% Domestic 14,334,069 14,397,903 (0.4)% International 9,825,965 9,415,608 4.4% Pacific 6,171,043 6,175,818 (0.1)% Atlantic 3,654,922 3,239,790 12.8% Load Factor: System 84.6% 82.9% 1.7 pts Domestic 82.0% 79.5% 2.5 pts International 88.4% 88.2% 0.2 pts Pacific 87.9% 87.0% 0.9 pts Atlantic 89.3% 90.5% (1.2) pts Enplaned Passengers 14,983,619 14,797,551 1.3% YTD-05 YTD-04 Change Revenue Passenger Miles (000s): System 58,624,721 55,224,506 6.2% Domestic 34,042,661 32,410,353 5.0% International 24,582,060 22,814,153 7.7% Pacific 15,735,911 15,020,461 4.8% Atlantic 8,846,149 7,793,692 13.5% Available Seat Miles (000s): System 70,696,984 68,408,773 3.3% Domestic 42,682,284 42,334,874 0.8% International 28,014,700 26,073,899 7.4% Pacific 17,924,818 17,068,887 5.0% Atlantic 10,089,882 9,005,012 12.0% Load Factor: System 82.9% 80.7% 2.2 pts Domestic 79.8% 76.6% 3.2 pts International 87.7% 87.5% 0.2 pts Pacific 87.8% 88.0% (0.2) pts Atlantic 87.7% 86.5% 1.2 pts Enplaned Passengers 43,631,021 41,598,602 4.9% 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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