Northwest Airlines starts second Detroit-Frankfurt flight

Northwest Airlines announces the expansion of its service between its WorldGateway at Detroitand Frankfurt during the peak summer season by adding a second dailynonstop flight on the route beginning May 7, 2007 through October 27,2007.

The additional Detroit-Frankfurt service is part of Northwest'strans-Atlantic expansion in cooperation with joint venture partner KLMRoyal Dutch Airlines.

In addition to the new Detroit-Frankfurt frequency and recentlyannounced Detroit-Dusseldorf service, scheduled to begin June 5, 2007,Northwest/KLM serve 11 cities throughout Germany from the carriersAmsterdam hub, including Berlin, Bremen, Cologne, Dusseldorf,Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hannover, Munich, Munster/Osnabruck, Nuremberg andStuttgart.

"With a second Detroit-Frankfurt daily flight, our customers will nowhave greater flexibility and convenience when traveling to this keyGerman business city," said Phil Haan, executive vice president –international, alliances and information technology and chairman ofNWA Cargo.

"The additional frequency is an integral part of ourtrans-Atlantic expansion plan utilizing our 757 aircraft, which includes service to two new European destinations."As previously announced, Northwest/KLM will launch newDetroit-Brussels service beginning on June 15, 2007 andHartford-Amsterdam service starting July 1, 2007, making Hartford,Conn., Northwest/KLM's 18th gateway to Europe.

The trans-Atlantic expansion effort also includes new frequencies between Detroit and Amsterdam, beginning July 1, 2007 and a second daily flight betweenAmsterdam and Boston, beginning July 15, 2007.


Northwest's new trans-Atlantic flights will be operated with Boeing757-200 aircraft. The aircraft are being fitted with "winglets," orextensions of the aircraft wing, that improve the fuel efficiency ofthe 757 and in doing so, also extend its range.

Inside the aircraft, Northwest is making several improvements to thefleet dedicated to this new service in order to provide trans-Atlanticcustomers with a comfortable travel experience.The World Business Class cabin will be configured with 16 new seats ina two-aisle-two arrangement.

The World Business Class seat willprovide five feet (1.5 meters) of personal space. The seat will havemany features including a four-way movable headrest, a laptop computerpower port, snake reading light, extendable foot rest and lumbarsupport, among other comforts.World Business Class customers will be provided with a portablein-flight entertainment system with a wide variety of movies,short-subject videos, music programs, compact discs of music and gamesto choose from, all available on-demand, so they can choose and playtheir entertainment when it fits their needs.

The coach class cabin will be equipped with 144 seats configured in athree-aisle-three arrangement. The "pitch," or distance between rows,is being increased up to four inches, providing additional legroom andcomfort.The second Detroit-Frankfurt frequency is subject to slot approvalfrom Airport Coordination Germany.