Northwest Airlines Participates in the "Greening" of the Democratic National Convention

Business Wire, August 22, 2008

Through EarthCares, NWA sponsors carbon offsets for delegations from Tennessee, Michigan and Minnesota

EAGAN, Minn. -- Northwest Airlines (NYSE: NWA) is pleased to sponsor the carbon offsets of the delegations from its hub states Tennessee, Michigan and Minnesota as a part of the "Green Delegate Challenge" -- a program that encourages delegations to commit to offsetting the carbon footprint they attain from traveling to the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colo.

The three Northwest Airline hub states join others in meeting the carbon offset challenge by offsetting their air travel, ground transportation and hotel stays which are estimated to total 450 tons of carbon, or an average of one ton per delegate.

"We are pleased to offset the carbon footprint for delegates' travel from our hubs to the Democratic National Convention through our EarthCares program," said Doug Steenland, Northwest Airlines' President and Chief Executive Officer. "This is another way Northwest Airlines is positively impacting the environment through our corporate social responsibility programs."

The carbon offset formula was developed by the Democratic National Convention and its partner, Native Energy. The delegations from each state will be formally recognized at the Democratic National Convention for meeting the challenge and will offset their carbon through selected community-based clean energy projects.

Northwest Airlines is one of the world's largest airlines with hubs at Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis, Tokyo and Amsterdam. Northwest, with its regional partners, operate approximately 2,400 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.