Northwest Airlines Increases Capacity for Olympic Games

www.nwa.com - Northwest Airlines (NYSE: NWA) today announced that it will increase capacity for the 2008 Olympic Games by utilizing the largest aircraft in the Northwest fleet, a Boeing 747-400, to the Beijing Olympics from its hub in Tokyo between July 29 and Aug. 29, 2008.

"Northwest Airlines is pleased to respond to customer demand for
the Beijing Olympics by increasing capacity to accommodate 10,000 additional customers during this very popular travel period," said Laura Liu, senior vice president - international. "We are striving to offer as many travel opportunities as possible for customers travel to the spectacular sporting and cultural events that will take place this summer in Beijing, China."

The B747-400 will replace Airbus A330 service and offer 65 seats in World Business Class and 338 seats in the main cabin. -0- Tokyo-Beijing Service (a) Flight number: Departs: Arrives: NW 11 6:45 p.m. 9:35 p.m. Beijing-Tokyo Service Flight number: Departs: Arrives: NW 12 8:55 a.m. 2:15 p.m.

(a)Daily Service

Including Beijing, Northwest has one of the world's largest Pacific route networks. Northwest operates a network linking seven U.S. gateways and twelve Asian destinations via its Tokyo hub. The U.S. destinations include Detroit, Honolulu, Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Portland, San Francisco and Seattle. The Asian destinations served from Tokyo include Bangkok, Beijing, Busan, Guam, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Manila, Nagoya, Saipan, Seoul, Shanghai and Singapore.

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 1,000 cities in excess of 160 countries on six continents.