NORTHWEST AIRLINES REPORTS DECEMBER TRAFFIC


09 Jan 2007 [13:09h]     Bookmark and Share



Northwest Airlines (OTC: NWACQ.PK) announced a December consolidated (mainline and regional) load factor of 80.7 percent, 0.7 points above December 2005.

EAGAN, Minn. – Northwest reported a mainline load factor of 81.5 percent, 0.8 points above December 2005.

In December 2006, Northwest and its Northwest Airlink regional carriers flew 6.38 billion consolidated revenue passenger miles (RPMs) and 7.90 billion consolidated available seat miles (ASMs), a traffic increase of 1.1 percent and a capacity increase of 0.1 percent versus December 2005.

[GADS_NEWS]Northwest flew 5.97 billion mainline revenue passenger miles and 7.33 billion mainline available seat miles in December 2006, a traffic increase of 2.7 percent and a capacity increase of 1.7 percent versus December 2005.

NORTHWEST AIRLINES TRAFFIC SUMMARY

December 2006

December 2005

Change

Revenue Passenger Miles (000s):

Domestic

3,454,444

3,405,594

1.4%

International

2,518,863

2,411,730

4.4%

Pacific

1,649,455

1,616,844

2.0%

Atlantic

869,408

794,886

9.4%

System (Mainline)

5,973,307

5,817,324

2.7%

Regional

403,673

492,768

(18.1)%

Consolidated

6,376,980

6,310,092

1.1%

Available Seat Miles (000s):

Domestic

4,337,566

4,380,251

(1.0)%

International

2,994,896

2,830,037

5.8%

Pacific

1,990,080

1,902,855

4.6%

Atlantic

1,004,816

927,182

8.4%

System (Mainline)

7,332,462

7,210,288

1.7%

Regional

565,294

681,726

(17.1)%

Consolidated

7,897,756

7,892,014

0.1%

Load Factor:

Domestic

79.6%

77.7%

1.9 pts

International

84.1%

85.2%

(1.1) pts

Pacific

82.9%

85.0%

(2.1) pts

Atlantic

86.5%

85.7%

0.8 pts

System (Mainline)

81.5%

80.7%

0.8 pts

Regional

71.4%

72.3%

(0.9) pts

Consolidated

80.7%

80.0%

0.7 pts

Enplaned Passengers:

System (Mainline)

4,524,157

4,283,249

5.6%

Regional

958,544

1,131,583

(15.3)%

Consolidated

5,482,701

5,414,832

1.3%

4Q 2006 4Q 2005 Change

Revenue Passenger Miles (000s):

Domestic 10,206,406 9,907,720 3.0%

International 7,528,365 7,287,559 3.3%

Pacific 4,948,105 4,798,879 3.1%

Atlantic 2,580,260 2,488,680 3.7%

System (Mainline) 17,734,771 17,195,279 3.1%

Regional 1,261,479 1,527,561 (17.4)%

Consolidated 18,996,250 18,722,840 1.5%

Available Seat Miles (000s):

Domestic 12,657,401 12,526,456 1.0%

International 8,847,310 8,551,464 3.5%

Pacific 5,849,744 5,603,242 4.4%

Atlantic 2,997,566 2,948,222 1.7%

System (Mainline) 21,504,711 21,077,920 2.0%

Regional 1,731,998 2,083,843 (16.9)%

Consolidated 23,236,709 23,161,763 0.3%

Load Factor:

Domestic 80.6% 79.1% 1.5 pts

International 85.1% 85.2% (0.1) pts

Pacific 84.6% 85.6% (1.0) pts

Atlantic 86.1% 84.4% 1.7 pts

System (Mainline) 82.5% 81.6% 0.9 pts

Regional 72.8% 73.3% (0.5) pts

Consolidated 81.8% 80.8% 1.0 pts

Full Year-06

Full Year-05

Change

Revenue Passenger Miles (000s):

Domestic

42,042,159

43,950,382

(4.3)%

International

30,563,860

31,869,620

(4.1)%

Pacific

19,849,401

20,534,790

(3.3)%

Atlantic

10,714,459

11,334,830

(5.5)%

System (Mainline)

72,606,019

75,820,002

(4.2)%

Regional

5,459,819

6,094,998

(10.4)%

Consolidated

78,065,838

81,915,000

(4.7)%

Available Seat Miles (000s):

Domestic

50,836,871

55,208,740

(7.9)%

International

34,766,032

36,566,164

(4.9)%

Pacific

22,645,235

23,528,060

(3.8)%

Atlantic

12,120,797

13,038,104

(7.0)%

System (Mainline)

85,602,903

91,774,904

(6.7)%

Regional

7,373,333

8,693,213

(15.2)%

Consolidated

92,976,236

100,468,117

(7.5)%

Load Factor:

Domestic

82.7%

79.6%

3.1 pts

International

87.9%

87.2%

0.7 pts

Pacific

87.7%

87.3%

0.4 pts

Atlantic

88.4%

86.9%

1.5 pts

System (Mainline)

84.8%

82.6%

2.2 pts

Regional

74.0%

70.1%

3.9 pts

Consolidated

84.0%

81.5%

2.5 pts

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