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Northwest Airlines Reports May Traffic EAGAN, Minn., June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Northwest Airlines (NASDAQ:NWAC) today announced a systemwide May load factor of 83.6 percent, 2.9 points above May 2004. Northwest flew 6.57 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) and 7.86 billion available seat miles in May 2005, a traffic increase of 6.3 percent and a capacity increase of 2.5 percent versus May 2004. NORTHWEST AIRLINES TRAFFIC SUMMARY May 2005 May 2004 Change Revenue Passenger Miles (000s): System 6,573,255 6,185,716 6.3% Domestic 3,705,544 3,499,708 5.9% International 2,867,711 2,686,008 6.8% Pacific 1,816,270 1,761,939 3.1% Atlantic 1,051,441 924,069 13.8% Available Seat Miles (000s): System 7,859,131 7,666,557 2.5% Domestic 4,657,818 4,620,154 0.8% International 3,201,313 3,046,403 5.1% Pacific 2,034,979 1,986,529 2.4% Atlantic 1,166,334 1,059,874 10.0% Load Factor: System 83.6% 80.7% 2.9 pts Domestic 79.6% 75.7% 3.9 pts International 89.6% 88.2% 1.4 pts Pacific 89.3% 88.7% 0.6 pts Atlantic 90.1% 87.2% 2.9 pts Enplaned Passengers 4,964,557 4,605,450 7.8% YTD-05 YTD-04 Change Revenue Passenger Miles (000s): System 31,077,569 28,745,450 8.1% Domestic 18,147,522 17,008,326 6.7% International 12,930,047 11,737,124 10.2% Pacific 8,444,393 7,835,220 7.8% Atlantic 4,485,654 3,901,904 15.0% Available Seat Miles (000s): System 38,429,892 36,795,876 4.4% Domestic 23,426,913 23,155,289 1.2% International 15,002,979 13,640,587 10.0% Pacific 9,753,226 8,937,223 9.1% Atlantic 5,249,753 4,703,364 11.6% Load Factor: System 80.9% 78.1% 2.8 pts Domestic 77.5% 73.5% 4.0 pts International 86.2% 86.0% 0.2 pts Pacific 86.6% 87.7% (1.1) pts Atlantic 85.4% 83.0% 2.4 pts Enplaned Passengers 23,335,318 21,677,691 7.6% Northwest Airlines is the world's fourth largest airline with hubs at Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis, Tokyo and Amsterdam, and approximately 1,600 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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