Northwest Airlines Corp									12 Months
All units in Millions or Millions USD	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Income Statement
Passenger Revenue	10,144	8,898	8,512	8,492	9,515	10,237	10,629	10,833	11,585
Regional Affiliate Revenue	679	691	689	860	1,083	1,335	1,399	1,405	2,000
Total Revenue	11,731	10,386	9,976	10,077	11,279	12,286	12,568	12,528	13,570
Wages Salaries & Benefits	3,610	3,963	3,878	3,905	3,796	3,721	2,662	2,568	2,698
Aircraft Fuel Expense	1,872	1,727	1,439	1,554	2,203	3,132	3,386	3,378	5,670
Depreciation & Amortization	617	690	903	586	731	552	519	495	1,145
Net Interest Expense	350	369	427	475	543	610	565	507	502
Operating Expense	11,162	11,254	10,822	10,342	11,784	13,205	11,828	11,424	19,136
Operating Income (Loss)	569	(868)	(846)	(265)	(505)	(919)	740	1,104	(5,564)
Pretax Income (Loss)	435	(671)	(1,220)	218	(861)	(2,457)	(2,864)	2,315	(6,213)
Net Income (Loss)	256	(423)	(798)	248	(862)	(2,533)	(2,835)	2,093	(6,001)
Balance Sheet Asset
Cash & Short-term Investment	693	2,512	2,097	2,757	2,459	1,262	2,058	3,034	2,117
Restricted Cash & Short-term Investments	35	100	100	126	156	600	424	725	196
Total Current Assets	2,014	3,810	3,510	3,836	3,578	2,993	3,566	5,037	4,013
Total Assets	10,877	12,975	13,184	14,008	14,042	13,083	13,125	24,517	20,198
Balance Sheet Liabilities
Air Traffic Liability	1,307	1,275	1,216	1,272	1,422	1,586	1,557	2,004	2,002
Current Liability	3,518	4,146	4,272	4,279	4,497	2,790	3,211	4,104	4,786
Long-term Debt & Capital Lease Obligations, Less Current Maturities	3,545	5,221	6,636	7,552	8,023	1,085	3,899	6,639	5,766
Pension & Post Retirement Benefits	882	1,749	3,050	3,228	3,593	126	86	3,638	5,476
Retained Earnings (Accumulated deficit)	(94)	(518)	(1,316)	(1,083)	(1,999)	(4,548)	(7,384)	342	(539)
Total Stockholder Equity (deficit)	231	(431)	(2,262)	(2,011)	(3,087)	(5,628)	(7,991)	7,377	1,427
Cash Flow Statement
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activity	893	646	(284)	375	276	(437)	1,224	1,371	(418)
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities	(579)	(730)	(1,780)	(2,001)	(473)	609	(328)	(396)	(879)
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing activities	(370)	1,903	1,421	903	(242)	(196)	(140)	498	426
Payments on Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligation	(1,328)	(217)	(259)	(350)	(1,734)	(622)	(2,386)	(1,256)	(1,028)
Proceeds from Issuance of Long-term Debt	614	2,102	1,740	1,359	1,512	448	2,281	1,036	1,269
Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash	(56)	1,819	(643)	(723)	(439)	(23)	777	1,478	(871)
Operating Statistics
Regional Passengers			9	10	12	14	13	13	0
Regional ASM			3,961	5,618	7,213	8,686	7,341	7,186	10,639
Regional RPM			2,697	3,556	4,818	6,094	5,438	5,396	7,935
Mainline Passengers	59	54	53	52	55	57	55	54	0
Mainline ASM	103,356	98,356	93,417	88,593	91,378	91,775	85,603	86,142	83,902
Mainline RPM	79,128	73,126	72,027	68,476	73,312	75,820	72,606	72,924	71,247
Data Source:  SEC 10K Filings