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Northwest Airlines Reports March Traffic

EAGAN, Minn. -- (April 5, 2006) -- Northwest Airlines (OTC: NWACQ.PK) today announced a systemwide March load factor of 87.1 percent, 2.5 points above March 2005. Northwest flew 6.43 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) and 7.38 billion available seat miles (ASMs) in March 2006, a traffic decrease of 6.1 percent and a capacity decrease of 8.8 percent versus March 2005.

Revenue Passenger Miles (000s):
	March 2006	March 2005	Change
System	6,432,766	6,850,809	(6.1)%
Domestic	3,769,478	4,164,256	(9.5)%
International	2,663,288	2,686,553	(0.9)%
Pacific	1,741,915	1,792,683	(2.8)%
Atlantic	921,373	893,870	3.1%

Available Seat Miles (000s):
	March 2006	March 2005	Change
System	7,383,255	8,096,201	(8.8)%
Domestic	4,460,245	5,119,149	(12.9)%
International	2,923,010	2,977,052	(1.8)%
Pacific	1,873,963	1,983,637	(5.5)%
Atlantic	1,049,047	993,415	5.6%

Load Factor:
	March 2006	March 2005	Change
System	87.1%	84.6%	2.5 pts
Domestic	84.5%	81.3%	3.2 pts
International	91.1%	90.2%	0.9 pts
Pacific	93.0%	90.4%	2.6 pts
Atlantic	87.8%	90.0%	(2.2) pts

	March 2006	March 2005	Change
Enplaned Passengers	4,841,498	5,206,276	(7.0)%

Revenue Passenger Miles (000s):
	YTD-06	YTD-05	Change
System	16,942,441	18,167,553	(6.7)%
Domestic	9,830,101	10,643,835	(7.6)%
International	7,112,340	7,523,718	(5.5)%
Pacific	4,810,465	5,023,880	(4.2)%
Atlantic	2,301,875	2,499,838	(7.9)%

Available Seat Miles (000s):
	YTD-06	YTD-05	Change
System	20,302,461	22,765,401	(10.8)%
Domestic	12,200,821	13,942,982	(12.5)%
International	8,101,640	8,822,419	(8.2)%
Pacific	5,374,252	5,780,871	(7.0)%
Atlantic	2,727,388	3,041,548	(10.3)%

Load Factor:
	YTD-06	YTD-05	Change
System	83.5%	79.8%	3.7 pts
Domestic	80.6%	76.3%	4.3 pts
International	87.8%	85.3%	2.5 pts
Pacific	89.5%	86.9%	2.6 pts
Atlantic	84.4%	82.2%	2.2 pts

	YTD-06	YTD-05	Change
Enplaned Passengers	12,600,326	13,502,000	(6.7)%

Northwest Airlines is the world’s fifth largest airline with hubs at Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis, Tokyo and Amsterdam, and approximately 1,200 daily departures. Northwest is a member of SkyTeam, an airline alliance that offers customers one of the world’s most extensive global networks. Northwest and its travel partners serve more than 900 cities in excess of 160 countries on six continents.