EAGAN, Minn. (July 3, 2008) Northwest Airlines (NYSE: NWA) today announced a June consolidated (mainline and regional) load factor of 86.8 percent, 1.2 points below June 2007. Northwest reported a mainline load factor of 87.7 percent, 0.9 points below June 2007.
In June 2008, Northwest and Northwest Airlink regional carriers flew 7.3 billion consolidated revenue passenger miles (RPMs) and 8.4 billion consolidated available
seat miles (ASMs), a traffic increase of 4.4 percent and a capacity increase of 5.9 percent versus June 2007.
Northwest flew 6.6 billion mainline revenue passenger miles and 7.5 billion mainline available seat miles in June 2008, a traffic increase of 1.4 percent and a capacity increase of 2.4 percent versus June 2007.
NORTHWEST AIRLINES TRAFFIC SUMMARY
June 2008 June 2007 Change
Revenue Passenger Miles (000s):
Domestic 3,553,984 3,729,237 (4.7)%
International 3,005,229 2,741,630 9.6%
Pacific 1,698,522 1,702,718 (0.2)%
Atlantic 1,306,707 1,038,912 25.8%
System (Mainline) 6,559,213 6,470,867 1.4%
Regional 705,149 485,860 45.1%
Consolidated 7,264,362 6,956,727 4.4%
Available Seat Miles (000s):
Domestic 4,086,802 4,240,221 (3.6)%
International 3,391,613 3,060,375 10.8%
Pacific 1,910,401 1,916,399 (0.3)%
Atlantic 1,481,212 1,143,976 29.5%
System (Mainline) 7,478,415 7,300,596 2.4%
Regional 887,698 600,598 47.8%
Consolidated 8,366,113 7,901,194 5.9%
Load Factor:
Domestic 87.0% 87.9% (0.9) pts
International 88.6% 89.6% (1.0) pts
Pacific 88.9% 88.8% 0.1 pts
Atlantic 88.2% 90.8% (2.6) pts
System (Mainline) 87.7% 88.6% (0.9) pts
Regional 79.4% 80.9% (1.5) pts
Consolidated 86.8% 88.0% (1.2) pts
Enplaned Passengers:
System (Mainline) 4,554,873 4,769,668 (4.5)%
Regional 1,470,642 1,135,531 29.5%
Consolidated 6,025,515 5,905,199 2.0%
2Q 2008 2Q 2007 Change
Revenue Passenger Miles (000s):
Domestic 10,282,550 10,931,374 (5.9)%
International 8,556,119 7,880,038 8.6%
Pacific 4,981,553 4,950,925 0.6%
Atlantic 3,574,566 2,929,113 22.0%
System (Mainline) 18,838,669 18,811,412 0.1%
Regional 2,015,059 1,382,352 45.8%
Consolidated 20,853,728 20,193,764 3.3%
Available Seat Miles (000s):
Domestic 11,924,314 12,784,622 (6.7)%
International 9,988,988 9,111,973 9.6%
Pacific 5,742,366 5,797,315 (0.9)%
Atlantic 4,246,622 3,314,658 28.1%
System (Mainline) 21,913,302 21,896,595 0.1%
Regional 2,594,530 1,763,214 47.1%
Consolidated 24,507,832 23,659,809 3.6%
Load Factor:
Domestic 86.2% 85.5% 0.7 pts
International 85.7% 86.5% (0.8) pts
Pacific 86.8% 85.4% 1.4 pts
Atlantic 84.2% 88.4% (4.2) pts
System (Mainline) 86.0% 85.9% 0.1 pts
Regional 77.7% 78.4% (0.7) pts
Consolidated 85.1% 85.4% (0.3) pts
Enplaned Passengers:
System (Mainline) 13,260,509 14,117,393 (6.1)%
Regional 4,191,765 3,258,752 28.6%
Consolidated 17,452,274 17,376,145 0.4%
YTD-08 YTD-07 Change
Revenue Passenger Miles (000s):
Domestic 20,364,494 21,072,726 (3.4)%
International 16,094,709 15,230,306 5.7%
Pacific 9,843,262 9,896,699 (0.5)%
Atlantic 6,251,447 5,333,607 17.2%
System (Mainline) 36,459,203 36,303,032 0.4%
Regional 3,612,383 2,510,670 43.9%
Consolidated 40,071,586 38,813,702 3.2%
Available Seat Miles (000s):
Domestic 24,061,919 25,371,383 (5.2)%
International 18,995,768 17,776,909 6.9%
Pacific 11,335,608 11,530,789 (1.7)%
Atlantic 7,660,160 6,246,120 22.6%
System (Mainline) 43,057,687 43,148,292 (0.2)%
Regional 4,799,662 3,407,435 40.9%
Consolidated 47,857,349 46,555,727 2.8%
Load Factor:
Domestic 84.6% 83.1% 1.5 pts
International 84.7% 85.7% (1.0) pts
Pacific 86.8% 85.8% 1.0 pts
Atlantic 81.6% 85.4% (3.8) pts
System (Mainline) 84.7% 84.1% 0.6 pts
Regional 75.3% 73.7% 1.6 pts
Consolidated 83.7% 83.4% 0.3 pts
Enplaned Passengers:
System (Mainline) 25,567,016 26,993,347 (5.3)%
Regional 7,759,642 5,979,743 29.8%
Consolidated 33,326,658 32,973,090 1.1%
Northwest Airlines is one of the world's largest airlines with hubs at Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis, Tokyo and Amsterdam. Northwest, with its regional partners, operates approximately 2,400 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 1,000 cities in excess of 160 countries on six continents.
