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Exhibit 10.2  

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  AMENDED AND RESTATED STANDSTILL AGREEMENT    
    

        AMENDED AND RESTATED STANDSTILL AGREEMENT, dated as of May 1, 1998 (this "AGREEMENT"), between KONINKLIJKE LUCHTVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ N.V., a Netherlands
corporation ("KLM"), and NORTHWEST AIRLINES CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation. 

W I T N E S S E T H:

        WHEREAS,
NWA Corp. and KLM are parties to a Standstill Agreement, dated as of September 29, 1997 (the "STANDSTILL AGREEMENT"), executed in connection with the Common Stock
Repurchase Agreement, dated as of September 29, 1997, between NWA Corp. (as defined below) and KLM, as amended (the "ORIGINAL COMMON STOCK AGREEMENT"); 

        WHEREAS,
NWA Corp. and KLM have entered into an Accelerated Common Stock Repurchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, (the "ACCELERATED REPURCHASE AGREEMENT") in order to
accelerate the repurchase from KLM of the remaining 18,177,874 Shares (as defined in the Accelerated Repurchase Agreement) to be repurchased pursuant to the Original Common Stock Agreement; 

        WHEREAS,
as an inducement to the willingness of KLM to agree to the terms of the Accelerated Repurchase Agreement, NWA Corp. and KLM have also entered into the Northwest Airlines
Corporation Common Stock Option Agreement (the "OPTION AGREEMENT"), dated as of the Closing Date (as defined in the Accelerated Repurchase Agreement); 

        WHEREAS,
NWA Corp. and KLM desire to amend and restate the Standstill Agreement in connection with the Accelerated Purchase Agreement and the Option Agreement; 

        NOW
THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree to amend and restate the Standstill Agreement so that it reads in its entirety as follows: 

        Section 1.    DEFINED TERMS.    Unless otherwise defined herein: 

        "AFFILIATE"
of a Person has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Common Stock Agreement. 

        "AMENDMENT
TO THE STOCKHOLDERS' AGREEMENT" means the agreement in the form of Exhibit A to the Common Stock Agreement which amends the Stockholders' Agreement and provides for
(i) the acceleration of the vesting of the KLM Option (as defined in the Stockholders' Agreement) in respect of shares of Class A Common Stock subject to such option that are held by
Richard D. Blum Associates—NWA Partners L.P. and Bankers Trust New York Corporation, and the exercise by KLM of such KLM Option with respect to such shares and the purchase of such shares 

 

concurrently
with the Initial Closing Date (as defined in the Common Stock Agreement), (ii) the termination of the KLM Option with respect to the other Option Stockholders and the termination
of the Put Option (as each such term is defined in the Stockholders' Agreement) with respect to all of the Option Stockholders and (iii) immediately following the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by the Common Stock Agreement on the Initial Closing Date, the termination of all of KLM's other rights and obligations under the Stockholders' Agreement. 

        "BENEFICIAL
OWNERSHIP" by a Person of any securities includes ownership by any Person who, directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or
otherwise, has or shares (i) voting power which includes the power to vote, or to direct the voting of, such security; and/or (ii) investment power which includes the power to dispose,
or to direct the disposition of, such security; and shall otherwise be interpreted in accordance with the term "beneficial ownership" as
defined in Rule 13d-3 adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "EXCHANGE ACT"), as in effect on the date hereof,
and in addition, "beneficial ownership" shall include securities which such Person has the right to acquire (irrespective of whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of
time, including the passage of time in excess of 60 days) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or
options, or otherwise. For purposes of this Agreement, a Person shall be deemed to beneficially own any securities beneficially owned by its Affiliates or any Group of which such Person or any such
Affiliate is a member. 

        "BUSINESS
DAY" means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks are required or authorized by law to be closed in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, in New York, New
York or in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 

        "COMMON
STOCK AGREEMENT" means the Original Common Stock Agreement, as amended by the Accelerated Repurchase Agreement and as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time in accordance with its terms. 

        "DOLLARS"
and "$" mean lawful currency of the United States of America. 

        "GROUP"
means two or more persons acting as a partnership, limited partnership, syndicate or other group for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of securities. 

        "KLM
COMBINED VOTING POWER" at any measurement date shall mean the total number of votes which could have been cast in a vote at a meeting of the stockholders of, as applicable, KLM, a
KLM Holding Company (as defined below) or a KLM Partner (as defined below) (or any successor of any of them) by person or by proxy at such meeting. 

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        "KLM
VOTING SECURITIES" shall mean, collectively, (i) KLM's Common Shares, par value 5 NLG per share, (ii) any other securities entitled, or that may be entitled, to vote
on matters submitted to stockholders for a vote at a stockholders' meeting of KLM, or any such securities of a holding company formed by KLM which holds more than 50% of the KLM Combined Voting Power
(a "KLM HOLDING COMPANY"), (iii) any common shares, ordinary shares or other comparable securities entitled to vote on matters submitted to a general vote of shareholders of a Person that has
entered into a partnership, joint venture or similar arrangement with KLM pursuant to which the stockholders of KLM and such Person enjoy substantially equivalent economic rights as a result of
twinning,
equalization or other sharing arrangements between KLM and such Person (a "KLM PARTNER"), and (iv) any other securities, warrants or options or rights of any nature (whether or not issued by
KLM) that are convertible into, exchangeable for, or exercisable for the purchase of, or otherwise give the holder thereof any rights in respect of (whether or not the right to convert, exercise or
exchange is subject to the passage of time, contingencies or contractual restrictions or any combination thereof), any security described in clauses (i) through (iii) of this definition;
PROVIDED, that rights issued pursuant to any stockholder rights plan shall not be deemed to be KLM Voting Securities. 

        "MANAGEMENT
BOARD OF KLM" means the management board of KLM or equivalent governing body of a KLM Holding Company or a KLM Partner or any successor of any of them. 

        "MERGER"
means the merger, pursuant to Section 251(g) of the Delaware General Corporation Law of Newbridge Merger Corporation, a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary
of Newbridge Parent Corporation, with and into NWA Corp. in accordance with the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 25, 1998, among NWA Corp., Newbridge Parent
Corporation and Newbridge Merger Corporation, as a result of which NWA Corp. will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Newbridge Parent Corporation. 

        "NWA
CORP." means (i) prior to the Merger, Northwest Airlines Corporation, a Delaware corporation and (ii) following the Merger, Newbridge Parent Corporation, a Delaware
corporation, which shall change its name to Northwest Airlines Corporation concurrently with the Merger, and any holding company subsequently formed by NWA Corp. which holds more than 50% of the NWA
Corp. Combined Voting Power. 

        "NWA
CORP. BOARD OF DIRECTORS" shall mean the board of directors of NWA Corp. or any successor (including any holding company surviving the Merger) or Northwest Airlines, Inc. 

        "NWA
CORP. COMBINED VOTING POWER" at any measurement date shall mean the total number of votes which could have been cast in an election of members of the NWA Corp. Board of Directors
had a meeting of the stockholders of NWA Corp. (or its successors) been duly held based upon a record date as of the measurement date if 

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all
NWA Corp. Voting Securities then outstanding and entitled to vote at such meeting were present and voted to the fullest extent possible at such meeting. 

        "NWA
CORP. VOTING SECURITIES" shall mean, collectively, (i) the Common Stock (as defined in the Accelerated Repurchase Agreement), (ii) any other securities entitled, or
that may be entitled, to vote generally for the election of members of the NWA Corp. Board of Directors, and (iii) any other securities, warrants or options or rights of any nature (whether or
not issued by NWA Corp.) that are convertible into, exchangeable for, or exercisable for the purchase of, or otherwise give the holder thereof any rights in respect of (whether or not the right to
convert, exercise or exchange is subject to the passage of time, contingencies or contractual restrictions or any combination thereof), any security described in clause (i) or (ii) of
this definition; PROVIDED, that rights issued pursuant to any stockholder rights plan shall not be deemed to be NWA Corp. Voting Securities. 

        "PERSON"
means any individual, corporation, partnership, trust or other entity of any nature whatsoever. 

        "REORGANIZATION
TRANSACTION" means (i) any merger, consolidation, recapitalization, liquidation or other business combination transaction involving NWA Corp., Northwest
Airlines, Inc. or KLM or a KLM Holding Company or a KLM Partner (or any successors (including, in the case of NWA Corp., any holding company surviving the Merger) to any of such entities),
(ii) any tender offer or exchange offer for any securities of NWA Corp., Northwest Airlines, Inc. or KLM, a KLM Holding Company or a KLM Partner (or any successors (including, in the
case of NWA Corp., any holding company surviving the Merger) to any of such entities) or (iii) any sale or other disposition of assets of NWA Corp., Northwest Airlines, Inc. or KLM or a
KLM Holding Company or a KLM Partner (or any successors to any of such entities) in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions in each of the foregoing cases constituting individually
or in the aggregate 10% or more of the assets of NWA Corp., Northwest Airlines, Inc. or KLM or a KLM Holding Company or a KLM Partner, as applicable, or 10% or more of the then outstanding NWA
Corp. Voting Securities or KLM Voting Securities, as applicable, of NWA Corp. or KLM or securities entitled, or that may be entitled, to vote at a meeting of stockholders of a KLM Holding Company or a
KLM Partner (or any successors to any of such entities), as applicable. 

        "STANDSTILL
PERIOD" shall mean the period commencing on the Initial Closing Date and continuing until the later of (i) the tenth anniversary of the Initial Closing Date, and
(ii) the termination of the Alliance Implementation Agreement (PROVIDED, that, if the Alliance Implementation Agreement is terminated by NWA Corp. in accordance with the provisions set forth in
Section 7.1(e)(ii) of the Common Stock Agreement, then the operative date for this clause (ii) will be the date on which KLM no longer beneficially owns any NWA Corp. Voting
Securities including any NWA Corp. Voting Securities acquired or to be acquired by KLM pursuant to Section 1.1 or 1.2 of the Option Agreement). 

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        "STOCKHOLDERS'
AGREEMENT" means the Second Amended and Restated Investor Stockholders' Agreement dated as of December 23, 1993, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time, among NWA Corp., KLM and certain other stockholders of NWA Corp. parties thereto, as in effect on the date hereof. 

        "SUPERVISORY
BOARD OF KLM" means the supervisory board of KLM or equivalent governing body of a KLM Holding Company or a KLM Partner or any successor of any of them. 

        "UMBRELLA
AGREEMENTS" means, collectively, (i) the Commercial Cooperation and Integration Agreement dated September 9, 1992, (ii) the Worldwide Pricing and Inventory
Control Agreement dated January 15, 1993, (iii) the Worldwide Sales and Travel Agency Compensation Agreement dated January 15, 1993, (iv) the Worldwide Strategic Planning
and Scheduling Agreement dated January 15, 1993, (v) the Alliance Implementation Agreement, and (vi) all other written agreements entered into by KLM and Northwest
Airlines, Inc. relating to the commercial cooperation between them which relate to the preceding agreements. 

        "WORKS
COUNCIL OF KLM" means the works council of KLM or equivalent body of a KLM Holding Company or a KLM Partner or any successor of any of them. 

        Section 2.    COVENANTS WITH RESPECT TO NWA CORP. VOTING SECURITIES AND OTHER MATTERS.    

        2.1    ACQUISITION OF NWA CORP. VOTING SECURITIES AND MATERIAL ASSETS.    Except as specifically provided in the
Common Stock Agreement or pursuant to an Option (as defined in the Option Agreement), during the Standstill Period KLM will not, and will cause each of its Affiliates not to, directly or indirectly,
acquire, offer to acquire, agree to acquire, become the beneficial owner of or obtain any rights in respect of any NWA Corp. Voting Securities or, except as provided for in the Umbrella Agreements,
any material assets owned directly or indirectly by NWA Corp. or any successor or any Affiliate thereof, whether by purchase or otherwise, or take any action in furtherance thereof. 

        2.2    PROXY SOLICITATIONS, ETC.    During the Standstill Period KLM will not, and will cause each of its Affiliates
not to, directly or indirectly, solicit proxies, assist any other Person in any way, directly or indirectly, in the solicitation of proxies, or otherwise become a "participant" in a "solicitation," or
assist any "participant" in a "solicitation" (as such terms are defined in Rule 14a-1 of Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act as in effect on the date of this Agreement) in
opposition to the recommendation or proposal of the NWA Corp. Board of Directors, or submit any proposal for the vote of stockholders of NWA Corp., or recommend or request or induce or attempt to
induce any other Person to take any such actions, or seek to advise, encourage or influence any other Person with respect to the voting of NWA Corp. Voting Securities. In furtherance of KLM's
obligations pursuant to this Section 2.2, during the Standstill Period KLM shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to, at any annual or special meeting of stockholders at which members of the NWA
Corp. Board of Directors are to be elected or in connection with a solicitation of consents through which 

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members
of the NWA Corp. Board of Directors are to be selected, to vote (or give a written consent or proxy with respect to) all NWA Corp. Voting Securities beneficially owned by them in favor of the
election to the NWA Corp. Board of Directors of the persons recommended by the NWA Corp. Board of Directors. 

        2.3    NO VOTING TRUSTS, POOLING AGREEMENTS, OR FORMATION OF "GROUPS".    During the Standstill Period KLM will not,
and will cause each of its Affiliates not to, directly or indirectly, join in or in any other way participate in a partnership, pooling agreement, syndicate, voting trust or other Group with respect
to NWA Corp. Voting Securities, or enter into any agreement or arrangement or otherwise act in concert with any other Person, for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of NWA Corp.
Voting Securities. 

        2.4    LIMITATIONS ON PROPOSALS.    During the Standstill Period KLM will not, and will cause each of its Affiliates
not to, directly or indirectly, initiate, propose or otherwise solicit stockholders for the approval of one or more stockholder proposals with respect to NWA Corp. or any successor thereof or any
Affiliate thereof or induce or attempt to induce any other Person to initiate any stockholder proposal or seek election to or seek to place a representative on the NWA Corp. Board of Directors or
equivalent governing body of any successor thereof or any Affiliate thereof (except to the extent expressly invited to do so by the NWA Corp. Board of Directors) or seek removal of any member of the
NWA Corp. Board of Directors or equivalent governing body of any successor thereof or any Affiliate thereof (other than any such member who may have been previously designated by KLM). 

        2.5    LIMITATION ON VARIOUS OTHER ACTIONS.    During the Standstill Period, KLM will not, and will cause each of its
Affiliates not to, take any action, alone or in concert with any other Person, (a) to seek to effect a change in control of NWA Corp. or any successor thereof or any Affiliate thereof,
(b) to seek to effect a Reorganization Transaction with respect to NWA Corp. or any successor thereof or any Affiliate thereof, (c) except as provided for in the Umbrella Agreements, to
seek to effect any control or influence over the management of NWA Corp. or any successor thereof or any Affiliate thereof, the NWA Corp. Board of Directors or the policies of NWA Corp. or any
successor thereof or any Affiliate thereof, (d) to advise, assist or encourage or finance (or assist or arrange financing to or for) any other Person in connection with any of the matters
restricted by, or to otherwise seek to circumvent the limitations of the provisions of, Section 2 of this Agreement (any such action described in clause (a), (b), (c) or (d), a
"NWA TRANSACTION PROPOSAL"), (e) to present to NWA Corp. or any stockholders thereof or any third party any proposal that can reasonably be expected to result in a NWA
Transaction Proposal or in an increase in the NWA Corp. Combined Voting Power of NWA Corp. Voting Securities beneficially owned in the aggregate by KLM and its Affiliates, (f) to publicly
suggest or announce its willingness or desire to engage in a transaction or group of transactions or have another Person engage in a transaction or group of transactions that could reasonably be
expected to result in a NWA Transaction Proposal or in an increase in the NWA Corp. Combined Voting Power of NWA Corp. Voting Securities beneficially owned in the aggregate by KLM and its Affiliates,
(g) to initiate, request,
induce, encourage or attempt to induce or give encouragement to any other Person to initiate, or otherwise provide assistance to any Person who has made or is contemplating making, any proposal that
can reasonably be expected to result in a NWA 

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Transaction
Proposal or in an increase in the NWA Corp. Combined Voting Power of NWA Corp. Voting Securities beneficially owned in the aggregate by KLM and its Affiliates, or (h) to request a
waiver, modification or amendment of any of the provisions of Section 2 of this Agreement; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that this subclause (h) shall not apply to any Private KLM Waiver Request
conveyed during the pendency of any unsolicited Business Combination Proposal made (either publicly or in a communication to the NWA Corp. Board of Directors) by any Person that is engaged in the
commercial airline business or Group that is engaged in the commercial airline business or Group that includes a Person engaged in the commercial airline business (other than KLM and its Affiliates). 

        For
purposes of this Section 2: (i) a "Business Combination Proposal" means (x) a tender or exchange offer or other bona fide offer to acquire directly or indirectly
any voting securities of NWA Corp. under circumstances such that, immediately after such acquisition, such Person or Group would beneficially own voting securities with an aggregate voting power
representing more than 50% of the total voting power of NWA Corp., or (y) a proposal or offer for a merger, amalgamation or other business combination directly or indirectly involving NWA Corp.
that would result in a change in control of NWA Corp., or a proposal or offer to acquire directly or indirectly all or substantially all the assets of NWA Corp.; (ii) a "KLM Business
Combination Proposal" means a (A) Business Combination Proposal made by KLM, (B) a Business Combination Proposal made by a Group in which KLM is a participant or (C) the formation
by KLM of a Group for the purpose of making a Business Combination Proposal; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, in each case, in the event of a Business Combination Proposal described in clause (x) or
(y) above, a Business Combination Proposal shall not constitute a KLM Business Combination Proposal unless consummation of such Business Combination Proposal would result in KLM (or the Group
in which it is a participant, if applicable) beneficially owning voting securities with an aggregate voting power representing more than 50% of the total voting power of NWA Corp.; and (iii) a
"Private KLM Waiver Request" means a request conveyed by the President of KLM to the Chief Executive Officer of NWA Corp. for a waiver of the provisions of Section 2 of this Agreement solely to
permit KLM to submit a KLM Business Combination Proposal to the Chief Executive Officer of NWA Corp. in competition with such unsolicited Business Combination Proposal, provided that neither the fact
that such request has been made by KLM, the fact that KLM has submitted or will be submitting a KLM Business Combination Proposal or any of the terms of such KLM Business Combination Proposal are
publicly disclosed, directly or indirectly, by or on behalf of KLM or any of its Affiliates. 

        2.6    VOTING.    During the Standstill Period KLM shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to, be present, in person or
represented by proxy, at all meetings of stockholders of NWA Corp. so that all NWA Voting Securities beneficially owned by KLM shall be counted for the purpose of determining the presence of a quorum
at such meetings. Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.2, in connection with any matters presented to stockholders of NWA Corp. or any successor corporation or any Affiliate thereof, KLM
shall be permitted to vote (or give a written consent or proxy with respect to) all NWA Corp. Voting Securities beneficially owned by KLM in its sole discretion. 

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        2.7    CERTAIN PERMITTED TRANSACTIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS.    For clarity, this Agreement, among other things, does not
prohibit (i) the acquisition or holding in the ordinary course of business by any employee benefit plan whose trustees, investment managers or similar advisors are unaffiliated with KLM or its
Affiliates of securities or rights referred to in Section 2.1, (ii) the consummation of any transaction contemplated pursuant to the Common Stock Agreement, including the exercise by KLM
on the Initial Closing Date of the option to purchase shares pursuant to Section 17 of the Stockholders' Agreement, any purchase of shares contemplated by the Common Stock Agreement or the
Option Agreement and any conversion of Class A Common Stock to Class B Common Stock or Class B Common Stock to Class A Common Stock as provided for in such agreements, or
(iii) officers and employees of KLM or its Affiliates from communicating with officers and employees of NWA Corp. or its Affiliates on matters related to or governed by the Umbrella Agreements,
or KLM or its Affiliates from communicating with the Chairman of the NWA Corp. Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer of NWA Corp., so long as such communication is conveyed in strict
confidence, does not require public disclosure by KLM or, in the reasonable opinion of KLM's counsel, by NWA Corp., and is not intended to elicit, and, in the reasonable opinion of KLM's counsel, does
not require the issuance of, a public response by NWA Corp. 

        2.8    EXCEPTIONS TO APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN COVENANTS.    Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event (i) (x)
any Person that is engaged in the commercial airline business or Group that is engaged in the commercial airline business or Group that includes a Person engaged in the commercial airline business
(other than KLM and its Affiliates), either publicly or in a communication to the NWA Corp. Board of Directors, makes on an unsolicited basis a Business Combination Proposal, (y) the NWA Corp.
Board of Directors adopts a resolution recommending acceptance of such Business Combination Proposal, and (z) such resolution remains in effect, or (ii) the NWA Corp. Board of Directors
shall publicly announce that it has decided to sell NWA Corp. or Northwest Airlines, Inc. and will consider proposals for the acquisition of NWA Corp. or Northwest Airlines, Inc. or has
otherwise publicly stated that NWA Corp. or Northwest Airlines, Inc. is for sale, then the provisions of Sections 2.1 through 2.5, in the case of clause (i), shall not apply to any KLM
Business Combination Proposal commenced during the pendency of such Business Combination Proposal and, in the case of clause (ii), shall not apply until the NWA Corp. Board of Directors shall
publicly announce that it has rescinded its decision to sell NWA Corp. or Northwest Airlines, Inc.; PROVIDED, that in determining whether to adopt any resolution described in
clause (i)(y) of this paragraph that includes approval of a "break-up" fee, "lock-up" option or other similar arrangement, and in determining whether to adopt any
resolution waiving, rescinding or otherwise declaring inapplicable the provisions of the Rights Agreement of NWA Corp. dated as of November 16, 1995, as amended, as it may relate to such
Business Combination Proposal, the NWA Corp. Board of Directors shall give due consideration to the likelihood that in light of the strategic alliance between KLM and NWA Corp. as contemplated by the
Alliance Implementation Agreement, KLM may desire to make a competitive KLM Business Combination Proposal. 

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        Section 3.    COVENANTS WITH RESPECT TO THE KLM VOTING SECURITIES AND OTHER MATTERS.    

        3.1    ACQUISITION OF KLM VOTING SECURITIES OR MATERIAL ASSETS.    Except as specifically provided in the Common Stock
Agreement, during the Standstill Period NWA Corp. will not, and will cause each of its Affiliates not to, directly or indirectly, acquire, offer to acquire, agree to acquire, become the beneficial
owner of or obtain any rights in respect of any KLM Voting Securities or, except as provided for in the Umbrella Agreements, any material assets owned directly or indirectly by KLM or any successor or
any Affiliate thereof, whether by purchase or otherwise, or take any action in furtherance thereof. 

        3.2    PROXY SOLICITATIONS, ETC.    During the Standstill Period NWA Corp. will not, and will cause each of its
Affiliates not to, directly or indirectly, solicit proxies, assist any other Person in any way, directly or indirectly, in the solicitation of proxies, or otherwise become a "participant" in a
"solicitation," or assist any "participant" in a "solicitation" (as such terms are defined in Rule 14a-1 of Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act as in effect on the date of
this Agreement) in opposition to the recommendation or proposal of the Supervisory Board of KLM or the Management Board of KLM or equivalent governing body of a KLM Holding Company or a KLM Partner or
any successor thereof or any Affiliate thereof, or submit any proposal for the vote of stockholders of KLM, a KLM Holding Company or a KLM Partner, or recommend or request or induce or attempt to
induce any other Person to take any such actions, or seek to advise, encourage or influence any other Person with respect to the voting of KLM Voting Securities. 

        3.3    NO VOTING TRUSTS, POOLING AGREEMENTS, OR FORMATION OF "GROUPS".    During the Standstill Period NWA Corp. will
not, and will cause each of its Affiliates not to, directly or indirectly, join in or in any other way participate in a partnership, pooling agreement, syndicate, voting trust or other Group with
respect to KLM Voting Securities, or enter into any agreement or arrangement or otherwise act in concert with any other Person, for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of KLM Voting
Securities. 

        3.4    LIMITATIONS ON PROPOSALS.    During the Standstill Period NWA Corp. will not, and will cause each of its
Affiliates not to, directly or indirectly, make or cause to be made any proposal for a Reorganization Transaction with respect to KLM, a KLM Holding Company or a KLM Partner or any successor thereof
or any Affiliate thereof or initiate, propose or otherwise solicit stockholders for the approval of one or more stockholder proposals with respect to KLM, a KLM Holding Company or a KLM Partner or any
successor thereof or any Affiliate thereof or induce or attempt to induce any other Person to initiate any stockholder proposal or seek election to or seek to place a representative on the Supervisory
Board of KLM, Management Board of KLM or equivalent governing body of a KLM Holding Company or a KLM Partner or any successor thereof or any Affiliate thereof (except to
the extent expressly invited to do so by the Supervisory Board of KLM) or oppose such a proposal of KLM's Management Board or the Supervisory Board of KLM or seek removal of any member of the
Supervisory Board of KLM or equivalent governing body of a KLM Holding Company or a KLM Partner or any successor thereof or any Affiliate thereof (other than any such member who may have been
previously designated by NWA Corp.). 

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        3.5    LIMITATION ON VARIOUS OTHER ACTIONS.    During the Standstill Period, NWA Corp. will not, and will cause each
of its Affiliates not to, take any action, alone or in concert with any other Person, (a) to seek to effect a change in control of KLM or a KLM Holding Company or a KLM Partner or any successor
thereof or any Affiliate thereof, (b) to seek to effect a Reorganization Transaction with respect to KLM or a KLM Holding Company or a KLM Partner or any successor thereof or any Affiliate
thereof, (c) except as provided for in the Umbrella Agreements, to seek to effect any control or influence over the management of KLM, a KLM Holding Company or a KLM Partner, or any successor
thereof or any Affiliate thereof, the Supervisory Board of KLM or the Works Council of KLM or the policies of KLM, a KLM Holding Company or a KLM Partner or any successor thereof or any Affiliate
thereof, (d) to advise, assist or encourage or finance (or assist or arrange financing to or for) any other Person in connection with any of the matters restricted by, or to otherwise seek to
circumvent the limitations of the provisions of, Section 3 of this Agreement (any such action described in clause (a), (b), (c) or (d), a "KLM TRANSACTION
PROPOSAL"), (e) to present to KLM or a KLM Holding Company or a KLM Partner or any successor thereof or any Affiliate thereof, its stockholders or any third party any proposal
that can reasonably be expected to result in a KLM Transaction Proposal or in an increase in the KLM Combined Voting Power of KLM Voting Securities beneficially owned in the aggregate by NWA Corp. and
its Affiliates, (f) to publicly suggest or announce its willingness or desire to engage in a transaction or group of transactions or have another Person engage in a transaction or group of
transactions that could reasonably be expected to result in a KLM Transaction Proposal or in an increase in the KLM Combined Voting Power of KLM Voting Securities beneficially owned in the aggregate
by NWA Corp. and its Affiliates, (g) to initiate, request, induce, encourage or attempt to induce or give encouragement to any other Person to initiate, or otherwise provide assistance to any
Person who has made or is contemplating making, any proposal that can reasonably be expected to result in a KLM Transaction Proposal or in an increase in the KLM Combined Voting Power of KLM Voting
Securities beneficially owned in the aggregate by NWA Corp. and its Affiliates, or (h) to request a waiver, modification or amendment of any of the provisions of Section 3 of this
Agreement; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that this subclause (h) shall not apply to any Private NWA Corp. Waiver Request conveyed during the pendency of any unsolicited Business Combination Proposal made
(either publicly or in a communication to the Supervisory Board of KLM) by any Person that is engaged in the commercial airline business or Group that is engaged in the commercial airline business or
Group that includes a Person engaged in the commercial airline business (other than NWA Corp. and its Affiliates). NWA Corp. represents and warrants that as of the date hereof it owns no KLM Voting
Securities and its KLM Combined Voting Power is zero. 

For
purposes of this Section 3: (i) a "Business Combination Proposal" means (x) a tender or exchange offer or other bona fide offer to acquire directly or indirectly any voting
securities of KLM under circumstances such that, immediately after such acquisition, such Person or Group would beneficially own voting securities with an aggregate voting power representing more than
50% of the total voting
power of KLM, or (y) a proposal or offer for a merger, amalgamation or other business combination directly or indirectly involving KLM that would result in a change in control of KLM, or a
proposal or offer to acquire directly or indirectly all or substantially all the assets of KLM; (ii) a "NWA Corp. Business Combination Proposal" means a (A) Business Combination Proposal
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Corp.,
(B) a Business Combination Proposal made by a Group in which NWA Corp. is a participant or (C) the formation by NWA Corp. of a Group for the purpose of making a Business
Combination Proposal; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, in each case, in the event of a Business Combination Proposal described in clause (x) or (y) above, a Business Combination Proposal shall not
constitute a NWA Corp. Business Combination Proposal unless consummation of such Business Combination Proposal would result in NWA Corp. (or the Group in which it is a participant, if applicable)
beneficially owning voting securities with an aggregate voting power representing more than 50% of the total voting power of KLM; and (iii) a "Private NWA Corp. Waiver Request" means a request
conveyed by the Chief Executive Officer of NWA Corp. to the President of KLM for a waiver of the provisions of Section 3 of this Agreement solely to permit NWA Corp. to submit a NWA Corp.
Business Combination Proposal to the President of KLM in competition with such unsolicited Business Combination Proposal; provided, that neither the fact that such request has been made by NWA Corp.,
the fact that NWA Corp. has submitted or will be submitting a NWA Corp. Business Combination Proposal or any of the terms of such NWA Corp. Business Combination Proposal are publicly disclosed,
directly or indirectly, by or on behalf of NWA Corp. or any of its Affiliates. 

        3.6    CERTAIN PERMITTED TRANSACTIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS.    For clarity, this Agreement, among other things, does not
prohibit (i) the acquisition or holding in the ordinary course of business by any employee benefit plan whose trustees, investment managers or similar advisors are unaffiliated with NWA Corp.
or its Affiliates of securities or rights referred to in Section 3.1 or (ii) officers and employees of NWA Corp. or its Affiliates from communicating with officers and employees of KLM
or its Affiliates on matters related to or governed by the Umbrella Agreements, or NWA Corp. or its Affiliates from communicating with the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of KLM or the President of
KLM, so long as such communication is conveyed in strict confidence, does not require public disclosure by NWA Corp. or, in the reasonable opinion of NWA Corp.'s counsel, by KLM and is not intended to
elicit, and, in the reasonable opinion of NWA Corp.'s counsel, does not require the issuance of, a public response by KLM. 

        3.7    EXCEPTIONS TO APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN COVENANTS.    Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event (i) (x)
any Person that is engaged in the commercial airline business or Group that includes a Person engaged in the commercial airline business (other than NWA Corp. and its Affiliates), either publicly or
in a communication to KLM, makes on an unsolicited basis a Business Combination Proposal, (y) the Supervisory Board of KLM or the Management Board of KLM has adopted a resolution recommending
acceptance of such Business Combination Proposal, and (z) such resolution remains in effect, or (ii) the Supervisory Board of KLM or the Management Board of KLM shall announce that it
has decided to sell KLM and will consider proposals for the acquisition of KLM or has otherwise publicly stated that KLM is for sale, then the provisions of Sections 3.1 through 3.5, in the case of
clause (i), shall not apply to any NWA Corp. Business Combination Proposal commenced during the pendency of such Business Combination Proposal and, in the case of clause (ii), shall not
apply until the Supervisory Board of KLM or the Management Board of KLM shall publicly announce
that it has rescinded its decision to sell KLM; PROVIDED, that in determining whether to adopt any resolution described in clause (i)(y) of this paragraph that 

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approval of a "break-up" fee, "lock-up" option or other similar arrangement, the Supervisory Board of KLM shall give due consideration to the possibility that in light
of the strategic alliance between NWA Corp. and KLM as contemplated by the Alliance Implementation Agreement, NWA Corp. may desire to make a competitive NWA Corp. Business Combination Proposal. 

        3.8    INTERPRETATION.    The covenants in this Section 3 shall be interpreted in the light of law and
regulations applicable in The Netherlands from time to time. In particular, terms used in this Section 3 (including, without limitation, "participant", "solicitation" and terms used in the
definition of "Reorganization Transaction", as defined in Section 1 and as such term is used in this Section 3) shall have the meanings ascribed to the same or similar terms as defined
under any then applicable law and regulations in effect in The Netherlands, and shall be interpreted in the light of any such law and regulations. 

        Section 4.    TERM OF AGREEMENT.    Unless this Agreement specifically provides for earlier termination with
respect to any particular right or obligation, this Agreement shall terminate on the last day of the Standstill Period; PROVIDED, that, if KLM exercises the Default Option (as defined in the Option
Agreement), KLM shall have the right to terminate this Agreement by delivering written notice of such termination to NWA Corp. (and the Standstill Period shall expire for all purposes of this
Agreement upon the delivery of such notice). 

        Section 5.    REMEDIES.    KLM and NWA Corp. acknowledge and agree that (i) the provisions of this
Agreement are reasonable and necessary to protect the proper and legitimate interests of the parties hereto, and (ii) the parties would be irreparably damaged in the event any of the provisions
of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the parties hereto shall be entitled to preliminary and permanent
injunctive relief to prevent breaches of the provisions of this Agreement by the other party without the necessity of proving actual damages or of posting any bond, and to enforce specifically the
terms and provisions hereof and thereof, which rights shall be cumulative and in addition to any other remedy to which the parties may be entitled hereunder or at law or equity. 

        Section 6.    GENERAL PROVISIONS.    

        6.1    EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS.    This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall be
considered one and the same agreement, and shall become a binding agreement when one or more counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other parties. 6.2 NOTICES. All notices,
requests, demands or other communications provided herein shall be made in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered as follows: 

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        If
to NWA Corp.: 

2700
Lone Oak Parkway

Eagan, Minnesota 55121

Attention: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Fax: (612) 726-7123 

with
a copy to: 

Simpson
Thacher & Bartlett

425 Lexington Avenuev New York, New York 10017-3954

Attention: Robert L. Friedman, Esq.

Fax: (212) 455-2502 

        If
to KLM: 

Koninklijke
Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V.

Amsterdamseveg 55

1192 G P Amstelveen

The Netherlands

Attention: Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Fax: 011-3120-648-8096 

with
a copy to: 

Cravath,
Swaine & Moore

Worldwide Plaza

825 Eighth Avenue

New York, New York 10019

Attention: Daniel Cunningham, Esq.

Fax: (212) 474-3700 

or
to such other address as either party shall have specified by notice in writing to the other party. All such notices, requests, demands and communications shall be deemed to have been received on
(i) the date of delivery if sent by messenger, (ii) on the Business Day following the Business Day on which delivered to a recognized courier service if sent by overnight courier or
(iii) on the date received, if sent by fax. 

        6.3    GOVERNING LAW.    THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK AS APPLIED TO CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO AND TO BE PERFORMED IN NEW YORK AND WITHOUT REGARD TO THE APPLICATION OF PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS. 

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        6.4    TITLES AND HEADINGS.    Titles and headings to Sections herein are inserted for convenience of reference only
and are not intended to be a part of or to affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. 

        6.5    SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.    This Agreement shall not be assignable by KLM without the prior written consent of
NWA Corp. or by NWA Corp. without the prior written consent of KLM. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors in
interest and assigns (including, in the case of NWA Corp., any holding company surviving the Merger). 

        6.6    ENTIRE AGREEMENT; NO ORAL WAIVER; CONSTRUCTION.    This Agreement, the Common Stock Agreement, the Preferred
Stock Repurchase Agreement, dated as of September 29, 1997, between KLM and NWA Corp., the Amendment to the Stockholders' Agreement, the Accelerated Repurchase Agreement, the Option Agreement
and the certificates and other documents contemplated hereby and thereby constitute the entire agreement among the parties pertaining to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior and
contemporaneous agreements, understandings and representations, whether oral or written, of the parties in connection therewith. No covenant or condition or representation not expressed in this
Agreement shall affect or be effective to interpret, change or restrict this Agreement. No prior drafts of this Agreement and no words or phrases from any such prior drafts shall be admissible into
evidence in any action, suit or other proceeding involving this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement may not be changed or terminated orally, nor shall any change, termination or attempted waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement be binding on
any party unless in writing signed by the parties hereto. No modification, waiver, termination, rescission, discharge or cancellation of this Agreement and no waiver of any provision of or default
under this Agreement shall affect the right of any party thereafter to enforce any other provision or to exercise any right or remedy in the event of any other default, whether or not similar. This
Agreement has been negotiated by KLM and NWA Corp. and their respective legal counsel, and legal or equitable principles that might require the construction of this Agreement against the party
drafting this Agreement will not apply in any construction or interpretation of this Agreement. 

        6.7    SEVERABILITY.    If any provision of this Agreement shall be declared by any court of competent jurisdiction to
be illegal, void or unenforceable, all other provisions of this Agreement shall not be affected and shall remain in full force and effect. 

        6.8    NO THIRD-PARTY RIGHTS.    Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall or is intended to confer upon
any Person other than the parties hereto or their respective successors or assigns, any rights or remedies of any nature or kind whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement. 

        6.9    SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION.    Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably unconditionally: 

        (a)   submits
for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to or arising from this Agreement, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment 

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in
respect thereof, to the non-exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the United States of America sitting in the Southern District of New York; 

        (b)   consents
that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or
proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same; 

        (c)   agrees
that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar
form of mail), postage prepaid, to its address set forth in Section 6.2; and 

        (d)   agrees
that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any other
appropriate jurisdiction. 

        6.10    FURTHER ASSURANCES.    From time to time, at the reasonable request of the other party hereto and without
further consideration, each party hereto shall execute and deliver such additional documents and take all such further action as may be necessary or desirable to consummate and make effective, in the
most expeditious manner practicable, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. 

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        IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed, delivered and entered into this Agreement as of the day and year first above written. 

	 	 	NORTHWEST AIRLINES CORPORATION
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

/s/  JAMES A. LAWRENCE      

	 	 	 	 	Name:	 	James A. Lawrence
	 	 	 	 	Title:	 	Executive Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

/s/  DOUGLAS M. STEENLAND      

	 	 	 	 	Name:	 	Douglas M. Steenland
	 	 	 	 	Title:	 	Senior Vice President

General Counsel and Secretary
	

 	
 	

KONINKLIJKE LUCHTVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ N.V.
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

/s/  H. A. PETERMEIJER      

	 	 	 	 	Name:	 	H. A. Petermeijer
	 	 	 	 	Title:	 	Director Corporate Finance

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Exhibit 10.4  

 
 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT    
    

        Acknowledgment
(this "ACKNOWLEDGMENT") dated as of November 20, 1998 by Northwest Airlines Corporation (formerly known as Newbridge Parent Corporation, "NORTHWEST") as successor
to Northwest Airlines Holdings Corporation (formerly known as Northwest Airlines Corporation, the "COMPANY"), under the First Amended and Restated Common Stock Registration Rights Agreement (the
"REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT"), dated as of September 9, 1994 by and among Alfred A. Checchi, the A Trust created pursuant to a trust agreement dated May 23, 1984 with Gary L. Wilson
as trustee, the K Trust created pursuant to a trust agreement dated May 23, 1984 with Gary L. Wilson as trustee, the Trust created pursuant to a trust agreement dated September 9, 1985
with Gary L. Wilson as trustee; Gary L. Wilson, Derek M. Wilson, Christopher D. Wilson; Frederic V. Malek, Frederic W. Malek, Michelle A. Malek; Bright Star Investments Limited and its affiliate
Paracor Finance Inc., formerly Wings Acquisition Investor Limited; Bankers Trust New York Corporation; Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V.; Richard C. Blum &
Associates—NWA Partners, L.P.; the Air Line Pilots Association, International, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, the International Brotherhood of
Teamsters, the Transport Workers Union of America, the Airline Technical Support Association, the Northwest Airlines Meteorologists Association; the trusts and separate arrangements that are
signatories to this Agreement; and the Company. 

W I T N E S S E T H  

        WHEREAS, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 25, 1998 (as amended and restated on October 30, 1998, the "MERGER
AGREEMENT") among the Company, Northwest and Newbridge Merger Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Northwest, Newbridge Merger Corporation will merge with and into the Company (the "MERGER"),
with the Company as the surviving corporation, in accordance with Section 251(g) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware; and 

        WHEREAS,
following the effective time of the Merger, the Company will be a wholly owned subsidiary of Northwest; 

        NOW,
THEREFORE, Northwest hereby agrees to the following: 

        1.    ACKNOWLEDGMENT.    Northwest hereby acknowledges that it has unconditionally undertaken, assumed and agreed to
perform and discharge when due, to the extent not heretofore performed or discharged, all of the liabilities and obligations of the Company arising out of the Registration Rights Agreement. Northwest
further agrees that from and after the effective time of the Merger all references to the "Company" in the Registration Rights Agreement (other than those references which relate a time period prior
to the effectiveness of the Merger) shall mean Northwest. This Acknowledgment shall be binding upon 

 

Northwest,
its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of each of the parties to the Registration Rights Agreement. 

        2.    NOTICES.    All notices, requests, demands and other communications which are required or may be given under the
Registration Rights Agreement to the Company shall be delivered to Northwest at 2700 Lone Oak Parkway, Eagan, Minnesota 55121, attention, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, fax
(612) 726-7123. 

        3.    SEVERABILITY.    In the event that any one or more of the provisions, paragraphs, words, clauses, phrases or
sentences contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstances, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect for any reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of any
such provision, paragraph, word, clause, phrase or sentence in every other respect and of the remaining provisions, paragraphs, words, clauses, phrases or sentences hereof shall not be in any way
impaired, it being intended that this Acknowledgment shall be enforceable by the parties to the Registration Rights Agreement to the fullest extent permitted by law. 

        4.    GOVERNING LAW.    This Acknowledgment shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed
therein. The parties to this Acknowledgment hereby agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York in any action or proceeding arising out of or
relating to this Acknowledgment. 

        IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Acknowledgment or caused this Acknowledgment to be executed on its behalf as of the date first written above. 

	 	 	NORTHWEST AIRLINES CORPORATION
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  DOUGLAS M. STEENLAND      

	 	 	 	Name:	Douglas M. Steenland
	 	 	 	Title:	Executive Vice President,

General Counsel and Secretary

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