Northwest Airlines Reports April Traffic

EAGAN, Minn.--(Business Wire)--
Northwest Airlines (NYSE: NWA) today announced an April
consolidated (mainline and regional) load factor of 82.8 percent, 0.9
points below April 2007. Northwest reported a mainline load factor of
83.6 percent, 0.7 points below April 2007.

In April 2008, Northwest and its Northwest Airlink regional
carriers flew 6.59 billion consolidated revenue passenger miles (RPMs)
and 7.96 billion consolidated available seat miles (ASMs), a traffic
increase of 1.0 percent and a capacity increase of 2.1 percent versus
April 2007.

Northwest flew 5.97 billion mainline RPMs and 7.14 billion
mainline ASMs in April 2008, a traffic decrease of 2.0 percent and a
capacity decrease of 1.2 percent versus April 2007.

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NORTHWEST AIRLINES TRAFFIC SUMMARY

April 2008 April 2007 Change

Revenue Passenger Miles (000s):
Domestic 3,355,076 3,607,718 (7.0)%
International 2,613,662 2,485,365 5.2%
Pacific 1,557,260 1,569,098 (0.8)%
Atlantic 1,056,402 916,267 15.3%
System (Mainline) 5,968,738 6,093,083 (2.0)%
Regional 622,351 431,355 44.3%
Consolidated 6,591,089 6,524,438 1.0%

Available Seat Miles (000s):
Domestic 3,943,911 4,279,248 (7.8)%
International 3,196,622 2,948,083 8.4%
Pacific 1,866,047 1,897,217 (1.6)%
Atlantic 1,330,575 1,050,866 26.6%
System (Mainline) 7,140,533 7,227,331 (1.2)%
Regional 820,894 569,166 44.2%
Consolidated 7,961,427 7,796,497 2.1%

Load Factor:
Domestic 85.1% 84.3% 0.8 pts
International 81.8% 84.3% (2.5) pts
Pacific 83.5% 82.7% 0.8 pts
Atlantic 79.4% 87.2% (7.8) pts
System (Mainline) 83.6% 84.3% (0.7) pts
Regional 75.8% 75.8% 0.0 pts
Consolidated 82.8% 83.7% (0.9) pts

Enplaned Passengers:
System (Mainline) 4,242,222 4,588,714 (7.6)%
Regional 1,313,082 1,034,048 27.0%
Consolidated 5,555,304 5,622,762 (1.2)%

YTD-08 YTD-07 Change

Revenue Passenger Miles (000s):
Domestic 13,437,019 13,749,070 (2.3)%
International 10,152,254 9,835,634 3.2%
Pacific 6,418,971 6,514,872 (1.5)%
Atlantic 3,733,283 3,320,762 12.4%
System (Mainline) 23,589,273 23,584,704 0.0%
Regional 2,219,675 1,559,674 42.3%
Consolidated 25,808,948 25,144,378 2.6%

Available Seat Miles (000s):
Domestic 16,081,515 16,866,009 (4.7)%
International 12,203,402 11,613,019 5.1%
Pacific 7,459,289 7,630,692 (2.2)%
Atlantic 4,744,113 3,982,327 19.1%
System (Mainline) 28,284,917 28,479,028 (0.7)%
Regional 3,026,025 2,213,388 36.7%
Consolidated 31,310,942 30,692,416 2.0%

Load Factor:
Domestic 83.6% 81.5% 2.1 pts
International 83.2% 84.7% (1.5) pts
Pacific 86.1% 85.4% 0.7 pts
Atlantic 78.7% 83.4% (4.7) pts
System (Mainline) 83.4% 82.8% 0.6 pts
Regional 73.4% 70.5% 2.9 pts
Consolidated 82.4% 81.9% 0.5 pts

Enplaned Passengers:
System (Mainline) 16,548,729 17,464,668 (5.2)%
Regional 4,880,959 3,755,039 30.0%
Consolidated 21,429,688 21,219,707 1.0%
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Northwest Airlines is one of the world's largest airlines with
hubs at Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis, Tokyo and Amsterdam,
and approximately 1,400 daily departures. Northwest is a member of
SkyTeam, an airline alliance that offers customers one of the world's
most extensive global networks. Northwest and its travel partners
serve more than 1,000 cities in excess of 160 countries on six
continents.

Northwest Airlines
Northwest Media Relations, 612-726-2331
www.nwa.com

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