Mesaba Airlines Reports Capacity and Traffic for April 2007

Business Wire, May 8, 2007

MINNEAPOLIS & ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Mesaba Airlines, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Northwest Airlines Corporation, today reported capacity and traffic for April. Mesaba Airlines flew 71.2 million available seat miles (ASMs) in April, which was down 60.9% year over year. Mesaba carried 193,327 passengers in the month, which was down 47.8% year over year generating 43.3 million revenue passenger miles (RPMs). Passenger load factor, representing capacity filled, decreased 10.4 points year over year to 60.8%.

Separately, Mesaba Airlines announced its operating performance for the month of April:

April                       >         >         >



                            >         >   2007  >
2006

Change
Completion Factor           >         >  98.6%  >
98.5%

0.1 pts.
Arrivals within 14 minutes  >         >  88.3%  >
88.1%

0.2 pts.

Following are capacity and traffic results:

April                             >           >             >



                                  >           >     FY2007  >
FY2006

Change
ASMs (000)                        >           >     71,230  >
182,314

(60.9%)
RPMs (000)                        >           >     43,342  >
129,840

(66.6%)
Load Factor                       >           >      60.8%  >
71.2%

(10.4) pts.
Passengers                        >           >    193,327  >
370,460

(47.8%)
                                  >           >             >



Fiscal Year to Date (1 Month)     >           >             >



                                  >           >     FY2007  >
FY2006

Change
ASMs (000)                        >           >     71,230  >
182,314

(60.9%)
RPMs (000)                        >           >     43,342  >
129,840

(66.6%)
Load Factor                       >           >      60.8%  >
71.2%

(10.4) pts.
Passengers                        >           >    193,327  >
370,460

(47.8%)
                                  >           >             >



Calendar Year to Date (4 Months)  >           >             >



                                  >           >    CY 2007  >
CY 2006

Change
ASMs (000)                        >           >    279,568  >
741,212

(62.3%)
RPMs (000)                        >           >    162,188  >
500,969

(67.6%)
Load Factor                       >           >      58.0%  >
67.6%

(9.6) pts.
Passengers                        >           >    721,288  >
1,452,086

(50.3%)

Mesaba, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Northwest Airlines, operates as a Northwest Airlink partner under service agreements with Northwest Airlines. The airline serves 72 cities in the United States and Canada from Northwest's three major hubs: Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul and Memphis. Mesaba operates an advanced fleet of regional jet and jet-prop aircraft, consisting of the 34 passenger Saab SF340 and the 50-passenger Canadair Regional jet. As previously announced, Mesaba will begin operating the first of 36 76-passenger Bombardier CRJ900 regional jet aircraft in the coming months. Mesaba's Web site can be found at www.mesaba.com.