Northwest Airlines (OTC: NWACQ.PK) announced a March consolidated (mainline and regional) load factor of 85.7 percent, 0.4 points below March 2006.
EAGAN, Minn. – Northwest reported a mainline load factor of 86.6 percent, 0.5 points below March 2006.
In March 2007, Northwest and its Northwest Airlink regional carriers flew 7.02 billion consolidated revenue passenger miles (RPMs) and 8.19 billion consolidated available seat miles (ASMs), a traffic increase of 1.3 percent and a capacity increase of 1.8 percent versus March 2006.
Northwest flew 6.59 billion mainline revenue passenger miles and 7.61 billion mainline available seat miles in March 2007, a traffic increase of 2.4 percent and a capacity increase of 3.0 percent versus March 2006.
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NORTHWEST AIRLINES TRAFFIC SUMMARY
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March 2007 |
March 2006 |
Change
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Revenue Passenger Miles (000s): |
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Domestic |
3,886,670 |
3,769,478 |
3.1% |
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International |
2,699,521 |
2,663,288 |
1.4% |
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Pacific |
1,776,849 |
1,741,915 |
2.0% |
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Atlantic |
922,672 |
921,373 |
0.1% |
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System (Mainline) |
6,586,191 |
6,432,766 |
2.4% |
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Regional |
431,990 |
496,035 |
(12.9)% |
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Consolidated |
7,018,181 |
6,928,801 |
1.3% |
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Available Seat Miles (000s): |
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Domestic |
4,575,889 |
4,460,245 |
2.6% |
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International |
3,032,482 |
2,923,010 |
3.7% |
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Pacific |
1,968,925 |
1,873,963 |
5.1% |
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Atlantic |
1,063,557 |
1,049,047 |
1.4% |
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System (Mainline) |
7,608,371 |
7,383,255 |
3.0% |
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Regional |
581,482 |
664,766 |
(12.5)% |
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Consolidated |
8,189,853 |
8,048,021 |
1.8% |
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Load Factor: |
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Domestic |
84.9% |
84.5% |
0.4 pts |
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International |
89.0% |
91.1% |
(2.1) pts |
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Pacific |
90.2% |
93.0% |
(2.8) pts |
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Atlantic |
86.8% |
87.8% |
(1.0) pts |
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System (Mainline) |
86.6% |
87.1% |
(0.5) pts |
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Regional |
74.3% |
74.6% |
(0.3) pts |
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Consolidated |
85.7% |
86.1% |
(0.4) pts
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Enplaned Passengers: |
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System (Mainline) |
4,859,676 |
4,841,498 |
0.4% |
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Regional |
1,030,096 |
1,136,151 |
(9.3)% |
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Consolidated |
5,889,772 |
5,977,649 |
(1.5)% |
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YTD-07 |
YTD-06 |
Change
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Revenue Passenger Miles (000s): |
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Domestic |
10,141,352 |
9,830,101 |
3.2% |
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International |
7,350,269 |
7,112,340 |
3.3% |
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Pacific |
4,945,774 |
4,810,465 |
2.8% |
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Atlantic |
2,404,495 |
2,301,875 |
4.5% |
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System (Mainline) |
17,491,621 |
16,942,441 |
3.2% |
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Regional |
1,128,318 |
1,346,667 |
(16.2)% |
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Consolidated |
18,619,939 |
18,289,108 |
1.8% |
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Available Seat Miles (000s): |
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Domestic |
12,586,761 |
12,200,821 |
3.2% |
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International |
8,664,937 |
8,101,640 |
7.0% |
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Pacific |
5,733,475 |
5,374,252 |
6.7% |
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Atlantic |
2,931,462 |
2,727,388 |
7.5% |
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System (Mainline) |
21,251,698 |
20,302,461 |
4.7% |
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Regional |
1,644,221 |
1,908,812 |
(13.9)% |
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Consolidated |
22,895,919 |
22,211,273 |
3.1% |
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Load Factor: |
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Domestic |
80.6% |
80.6% |
0.0 pts |
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International |
84.8% |
87.8% |
(3.0) pts |
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Pacific |
86.3% |
89.5% |
(3.2) pts |
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Atlantic |
82.0% |
84.4% |
(2.4) pts |
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System (Mainline) |
82.3% |
83.5% |
(1.2) pts |
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Regional |
68.6% |
70.6% |
(2.0) pts |
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Consolidated |
81.3% |
82.3% |
(1.0) pts |
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Enplaned Passengers: |
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System (Mainline) |
12,875,954 |
12,600,326 |
2.2% |
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Regional |
2,720,991 |
3,104,857 |
(12.4)% |
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Consolidated |
15,596,945 |
15,705,183 |
(0.7)% |
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 900 cities in excess of 160 countries on six continents.