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Northwest Airlines Announces New Nonstop Service Between Minneapolis/St. Paul and El Paso, Texas Two Daily Flights Begin April 4 MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Northwest Airlines (NASDAQ:NWAC) today announced new nonstop service between its hub at Minneapolis/St. Paul and El Paso, Texas. Two daily flights will be offered beginning April 4, 2005. "Northwest Airlines is pleased to welcome El Paso to its growing global network," said Tom Bach, vice president of market planning and Airlink. "This new service will offer local travelers and visitors to the Rio Grande Valley and the neighboring city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, with a convenient connection to cities across the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia. These new nonstop flights also will save travelers about two hours in travel time in each direction over current connecting service between Minnesota and the El Paso region." "We look forward to welcoming Northwest to our family of airlines at El Paso International Airport," said Patrick T. Abeln, director of aviation. "We are certain they will be successful in providing El Paso's first nonstop service to Minneapolis-St. Paul." El Paso Mayor Joe Wardy added, "This is a strong indicator of El Paso's continuing economic growth and positive business climate. We look forward to being one of Northwest's newest destinations." The new service will be operated with Northwest Airlink partner Pinnacle Airlines Corp.'s Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ), which seats up to 50 passengers. Including El Paso, Northwest has announced or has begun nonstop service to 13 new destinations from Minneapolis/St. Paul this year, growing its nonstop service to a total of 168 destinations. The flights are now open for sale at http://www.nwa.com/ , through travel agencies or Northwest Airlines Reservations at 1-800-225-2525. New Minneapolis/St. Paul-El Paso service effective April 4, 2005 Flight number: Departs: Arrives: Aircraft: NW 2956 11:15 a.m. 1:15 p.m. CRJ NW 2958 9:05 p.m. 11:05 p.m. CRJ New El Paso-Minneapolis/St. Paul service effective April 4, 2005 Flight number: Departs: Arrives: Aircraft: NW 2955* 8:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. CRJ NW 2957 2:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. CRJ * Service begins April 5, 2005 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 is a member of SkyTeam, a global airline alliance partnership with Aeromexico, Air France, Alitalia, Continental Airlines, CSA Czech Airlines, Delta Air Lines, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, and Korean Air. SkyTeam offers customers one of the world's most extensive global networks. Northwest and its travel partners serve more than 900 cities in more than 160 countries on six continents. In 2003, consumers from throughout the world recognized Northwest's efforts to make travel easier. Northwest's WorldPerks program was named the most popular North American frequent flyer program by readers of TIME Asia in the 2003 TIME Readers' Travel Choice Awards. A 2003 J.D. Power and Associate study of airports ranked Minneapolis/St. Paul and Detroit, home to Northwest's two largest hubs, in second and fourth place among large domestic airports in overall customer satisfaction. DATASOURCE: Northwest Airlines CONTACT: Northwest Airlines Media Relations, +1-612-726-2331 Web site: http://www.nwa.com/

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