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NWACQ News Northwest Airlines Reports December Traffic
EAGAN, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Northwest Airlines (Pink Sheets:NWACQ) today announced a December
consolidated (mainline and regional) load factor of 80.7 percent, 0.7
points above December 2005. 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.
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 is one of the world’s
largest airline 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.