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Northwest Airlines Reports January Traffic ST. PAUL, Minn., Feb. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Northwest Airlines (NASDAQ:NWAC) today announced a systemwide January load factor of 76.8 percent, 3.7 points above January 2004. Northwest flew 5.82 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) and 7.58 billion available seat miles (ASMs) in January 2005, a traffic increase of 11 percent and a capacity increase of 5.7 percent versus January 2004. NORTHWEST AIRLINES TRAFFIC SUMMARY January 2005 January 2004 Change Revenue Passenger Miles (000s): System 5,818,635 5,242,302 11.0% Domestic 3,232,796 2,968,906 8.9% International 2,585,839 2,273,396 13.7% Pacific 1,723,284 1,563,132 10.2% Atlantic 862,555 710,264 21.4% Available Seat Miles (000s): System 7,580,596 7,173,096 5.7% Domestic 4,505,746 4,477,147 0.6% International 3,074,850 2,695,949 14.1% Pacific 1,999,507 1,785,012 12.0% Atlantic 1,075,343 910,937 18.0% Load Factor: System 76.8% 73.1% 3.7 pts Domestic 71.7% 66.3% 5.4 pts International 84.1% 84.3% (0.2) pts Pacific 86.2% 87.6% (1.4) pts Atlantic 80.2% 78.0% 2.2 pts Enplaned Passengers 4,171,174 3,794,594 9.9% 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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