Exhibit 12.2

NORTHWEST AIRLINES CORPORATION        COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERRED STOCK REQUIREMENTS

|                                                                    |                                                              | Three months ended
March 31 |     
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|Earnings:                                                           |                                                              |                             |     
|Income (loss) before income taxes                                   |                                                              | $                           | (261
|Less: Income from less than 50% owned investees                     |                                                              |                             | 13  
|Add:                                                                |                                                              |                             |     
|                                                                    | Rent expense representative of interest(1)                   |                             |     
|                                                                    | Interest expense net of capitalized interest                 |                             |     
|                                                                    | Interest of mandatorily redeemable preferred security holder |                             |     
|                                                                    | Amortization of debt discount and expense                    |                             |     
|                                                                    | Amortization of interest capitalized                         |                             |     
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|                                                                    | Adjusted earnings (loss)                                     |                             | $   
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|Fixed charges and preferred stock requirements:                     |                                                              |                             |     
|Rent expense representative of interest(1)                          |                                                              | $                           | 58  
|Interest expense net of capitalized interest                        |                                                              |                             | 90  
|Interest of mandatorily redeemable preferred security holder        |                                                              |                             | 5   
|Preferred stock requirements                                        |                                                              |                             |    
|Amortization of debt discount and expense                           |                                                              |                             | 4   
|Capitalized interest                                                |                                                              |                             | 7   
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|                                                                    | Fixed charges and preferred stock requirements               |                             | $   
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|Ratio of earnings to fixed charges and preferred stock requirements |                                                              |                             |    
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