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Northwest Airlines Reports March Traffic EAGAN, Minn., April 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Northwest Airlines (NASDAQ:NWAC) today announced a systemwide March load factor of 84.6 percent, 3 points above March 2004. Northwest flew 6.85 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) and 8.1 billion available seat miles in March 2005, a traffic increase of 8.6 percent and a capacity increase of 4.7 percent versus March 2004. For the first quarter of 2005, Northwest's average fuel price was approximately $1.40 per gallon excluding taxes. NORTHWEST AIRLINES TRAFFIC SUMMARY March 2005 March 2004 Change Revenue Passenger Miles (000s): System 6,850,809 6,307,448 8.6% Domestic 4,164,256 3,861,468 7.8% International 2,686,553 2,445,980 9.8% Pacific 1,792,683 1,642,996 9.1% Atlantic 893,870 802,984 11.3% Available Seat Miles (000s): System 8,096,201 7,734,391 4.7% Domestic 5,119,149 5,014,357 2.1% International 2,977,052 2,720,034 9.4% Pacific 1,983,637 1,795,656 10.5% Atlantic 993,415 924,378 7.5% Load Factor: System 84.6% 81.6% 3.0 pts Domestic 81.3% 77.0% 4.3 pts International 90.2% 89.9% 0.3 pts Pacific 90.4% 91.5% (1.1 pts) Atlantic 90.0% 86.9% 3.1 pts Enplaned Passengers 5,206,276 4,823,076 7.9% YTD-05 YTD-04 Change Revenue Passenger Miles (000s): System 18,167,553 16,705,061 8.8% Domestic 10,643,835 9,920,866 7.3% International 7,523,718 6,784,195 10.9% Pacific 5,023,880 4,638,424 8.3% Atlantic 2,499,838 2,145,771 16.5% Available Seat Miles (000s): System 22,765,401 21,830,953 4.3% Domestic 13,942,982 13,910,164 0.2% International 8,822,419 7,920,789 11.4% Pacific 5,780,871 5,234,476 10.4% Atlantic 3,041,548 2,686,313 13.2% Load Factor: System 79.8% 76.5% 3.3 pts Domestic 76.3% 71.3% 5.0 pts International 85.3% 85.7% (0.4 pts) Pacific 86.9% 88.6% (1.7 pts) Atlantic 82.2% 79.9% 2.3 pts Enplaned Passengers 13,502,000 12,512,429 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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