EAGAN, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Feb. 6, 2008–Northwest Airlines
(NYSE: NWA) today announced a January consolidated (mainline and
regional) load factor of 79.3 percent, 1.4 points above January 2007.
Northwest reported a mainline load factor of 80.5 percent, 1.4 points
above January 2007.
In January 2008, Northwest and its Northwest Airlink regional
carriers flew 6.13 billion consolidated revenue passenger miles (RPMs)
and 7.73 billion consolidated available seat miles (ASMs), a traffic
increase of 2.9 percent and a capacity increase of 1.1 percent versus
January 2007.
Northwest flew 5.64 billion mainline revenue passenger miles and
7.01 billion mainline available seat miles in January 2008, a traffic
increase of 0.6 percent and a capacity decrease of 1.1 percent versus
January 2007.
NORTHWEST AIRLINES TRAFFIC SUMMARY
January 2008 January 2007 Change
Revenue Passenger Miles (000s):
Domestic 3,124,879 3,141,955 (0.5)%
International 2,512,370 2,460,618 2.1%
Pacific 1,635,974 1,659,918 (1.4)%
Atlantic 876,396 800,700 9.5%
System (Mainline) 5,637,249 5,602,573 0.6%
Regional 494,995 354,332 39.7%
Consolidated 6,132,244 5,956,905 2.9%
Available Seat Miles (000s):
Domestic 3,940,164 4,121,016 (4.4)%
International 3,066,444 2,964,459 3.4%
Pacific 1,905,326 1,982,673 (3.9)%
Atlantic 1,161,118 981,786 18.3%
System (Mainline) 7,006,608 7,085,475 (1.1)%
Regional 724,253 558,230 29.7%
Consolidated 7,730,861 7,643,705 1.1%
Load Factor:
Domestic 79.3% 76.2% 3.1 pts
International 81.9% 83.0% (1.1) pts
Pacific 85.9% 83.7% 2.2 pts
Atlantic 75.5% 81.6% (6.1) pts
System (Mainline) 80.5% 79.1% 1.4 pts
Regional 68.3% 63.5% 4.8 pts
Consolidated 79.3% 77.9% 1.4 pts
Enplaned Passengers:
System (Mainline) 3,896,162 4,083,221 (4.6)%
Regional 1,126,683 862,478 30.6%
Consolidated 5,022,845 4,945,699 1.6%
Northwest Airlines is one of the world’s largest airlines with
hubs at Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis, Tokyo and Amsterdam,
and approximately 1,400 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.
