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Northwest Airlines

In 2009, its last year in the data, Northwest Airlines flew 52.2 passenger-miles per gallon of jet fuel. That is 2% worse than the all-airline figure that year. Since 2000 its figure has risen 47%.

52.2passenger-miles per gallon, 2009
0.187 kgCO2 per passenger-mile, 2009
83%of seats filled, 2009
1,297 milliongallons of jet fuel burned in scheduled passenger flying, 2009
Northwest Airlines: passenger-miles per gallon by yearLine chart of Northwest Airlines passenger-miles per gallon of fuel from 2000 to 2009, with the all-airline average for comparison.303540455055200020022004200620082009Passenger-miles per gallonAll airlinesNorthwest Airlines
Northwest Airlines against the all-airline figure, 2000 to 2009.

Northwest Airlines sells seats on flights operated by regional partners, mainly Endeavor Air, XJ, and CP (2). In 2009 about 14.2% of its seat-miles were flown by regionals. How much of each regional's flying belongs to Northwest Airlines is an estimate based on the hubs the regional serves. The figure for 2009 sits between 50.5 and 52.2 passenger-miles per gallon depending on how multi-airline regionals are split. See the methodology.

Northwest merged with Delta, and BTS began combining their filings in January 2010. Later years are under Delta Air Lines.

Year by year

YearPassenger-miles per gallonkg CO2 per passenger-mileSeat-miles per gallonLoad factorPassengers (millions)Fuel (million gallons)CO2 (thousand tonnes)
2009 52.2 0.187 63.1 82.6% 57.9 1,297 12,646
2008 51.4 0.190 61.4 83.7% 65.1 1,465 14,287
2007 47.7 0.205 56.9 83.7% 66.6 1,564 15,248
2006 42.4 0.230 50.6 83.7% 67.9 1,750 17,060
2005 41.2 0.237 50.7 81.2% 70.4 1,894 18,463
2004 39.2 0.249 49.8 78.8% 68.3 1,893 18,455
2003 38.8 0.252 50.9 76.1% 62.9 1,761 17,174
2002 36.2 0.270 47.5 76.1% 59.4 1,925 18,773
2001 34.1 0.286 46.4 73.5% 59.7 2,054 20,023
2000 35.5 0.275 47.0 75.6% 64.2 2,140 20,862

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