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Northwest Airlines Reports June Traffic EAGAN, Minn., July 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Northwest Airlines (NASDAQ:NWAC) today announced a systemwide June load factor of 87.7 percent, 1.3 points above June 2004. Northwest flew 7.11 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) and 8.11 billion available seat miles in June 2005, a traffic increase of 5.6 percent and a capacity increase of 3.9 percent versus June 2004. NORTHWEST AIRLINES TRAFFIC SUMMARY June 2005 June 2004 Change Revenue Passenger Miles (000s): System 7,109,645 6,735,001 5.6% Domestic 4,145,860 3,960,653 4.7% International 2,963,785 2,774,348 6.8% Pacific 1,868,822 1,814,484 3.0% Atlantic 1,094,963 959,864 14.1% Available Seat Miles (000s): System 8,107,061 7,799,386 3.9% Domestic 4,921,303 4,781,682 2.9% International 3,185,758 3,017,704 5.6% Pacific 2,000,550 1,955,847 2.3% Atlantic 1,185,208 1,061,857 11.6% Load Factor: System 87.7% 86.4% 1.3 pts Domestic 84.2% 82.8% 1.4 pts International 93.0% 91.9% 1.1 pts Pacific 93.4% 92.8% 0.6 pts Atlantic 92.4% 90.4% 2.0 pts Enplaned Passengers 5,312,084 5,123,360 3.7% 2Q 2005 2Q 2004 Change Revenue Passenger Miles (000s): System 20,019,662 18,775,390 6.6% Domestic 11,649,547 11,048,113 5.4% International 8,370,115 7,727,277 8.3% Pacific 5,289,336 5,011,279 5.5% Atlantic 3,080,779 2,715,998 13.4% Available Seat Miles (000s): System 23,771,552 22,764,312 4.4% Domestic 14,405,234 14,026,807 2.7% International 9,366,318 8,737,505 7.2% Pacific 5,972,905 5,658,596 5.6% Atlantic 3,393,413 3,078,909 10.2% Load Factor: System 84.2% 82.5% 1.7 pts Domestic 80.9% 78.8% 2.1 pts International 89.4% 88.4% 1.0 pts Pacific 88.6% 88.6% 0.0 pts Atlantic 90.8% 88.2% 2.6 pts YTD-05 YTD-04 Change Revenue Passenger Miles (000s): System 38,187,215 35,480,451 7.6% Domestic 22,293,383 20,968,979 6.3% International 15,893,832 14,511,472 9.5% Pacific 10,313,215 9,649,704 6.9% Atlantic 5,580,617 4,861,768 14.8% Available Seat Miles (000s): System 46,536,953 44,595,261 4.4% Domestic 28,348,216 27,936,970 1.5% International 18,188,737 16,658,291 9.2% Pacific 11,753,776 10,893,070 7.9% Atlantic 6,434,961 5,765,221 11.6% Load Factor: System 82.1% 79.6% 2.5 pts Domestic 78.6% 75.1% 3.5 pts International 87.4% 87.1% 0.3 pts Pacific 87.7% 88.6% (0.9) pts Atlantic 86.7% 84.3% 2.4 pts Enplaned Passengers 28,647,402 26,801,051 6.9% 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 Airlines Media Relations, +1-612-726-2331 Web site: http://www.nwa.com/

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