EAGAN, Minn., March 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Northwest Airlines today announced a systemwide February load factor of 81.8 percent, 4.2 points above February 2005. Northwest flew 5.1 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) and 6.21 billion available seat miles (ASMs) in February 2006, a traffic decrease of 7.6 percent and a capacity decrease of 12.4 percent versus February 2005.
NORTHWEST AIRLINES TRAFFIC SUMMARY
February 2006 February 2005 Change
Revenue Passenger Miles (000s):
System 5,080,387 5,498,109 (7.6)%
Domestic 3,000,552 3,246,784 (7.6)%
International 2,079,835 2,251,325 (7.6)%
Pacific 1,449,328 1,507,913 (3.9)%
Atlantic 630,507 743,412 (15.2)%
Available Seat Miles (000s):
System 6,211,594 7,088,602 (12.4)%
Domestic 3,752,879 4,318,086 (13.1)%
International 2,458,715 2,770,516 (11.3)%
Pacific 1,667,543 1,797,726 (7.2)%
Atlantic 791,172 972,790 (18.7)%
Load Factor:
System 81.8% 77.6% 4.2 pts
Domestic 80.0% 75.2% 4.8 pts
International 84.6% 81.3% 3.3 pts
Pacific 86.9% 83.9% 3.0 pts
Atlantic 79.7% 76.4% 3.3 pts
Enplaned Passengers 3,837,343 4,124,550 (7.0)%
YTD-06 YTD-05 Change
Revenue Passenger Miles (000s):
System 10,509,675 11,316,743 (7.1)%
Domestic 6,060,623 6,479,579 (6.5)%
International 4,449,052 4,837,164 (8.0)%
Pacific 3,068,550 3,231,197 (5.0)%
Atlantic 1,380,502 1,605,967 (14.0)%
Available Seat Miles (000s):
System 12,919,205 14,669,200 (11.9)%
Domestic 7,740,577 8,823,832 (12.3)%
International 5,178,628 5,845,368 (11.4)%
Pacific 3,500,288 3,797,235 (7.8)%
Atlantic 1,678,340 2,048,133 (18.1)%
Load Factor:
System 81.3% 77.1% 4.2 pts
Domestic 78.3% 73.4% 4.9 pts
International 85.9% 82.8% 3.1 pts
Pacific 87.7% 85.1% 2.6 pts
Atlantic 82.3% 78.4% 3.9 pts
Enplaned Passengers 7,758,828 8,295,724 (6.5)%
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.
