EXHIBIT 99.6

Press Release

    Pinnacle Airlines Corp. Announces Completion of Sale of Convertible Notes

Memphis, Tenn. February 8, 2005. Pinnacle Airlines Corp.  (NasdaqNM:PNCL - News)
announced today that it had completed the private sale of $110 million principal
amount of its 3.25% senior  convertible  notes due 2025. The Company has granted
the initial  purchasers  a 30-day  option to purchase  up to an  additional  $11
million of notes.

Pinnacle  Airlines  intends to use the net proceeds from the offering,  together
with cash on hand,  to purchase an  outstanding  $120  million  note  payable to
Northwest Airlines Inc. at a discounted  purchase price of $101.6 million and to
repay $5 million of borrowings outstanding under a revolving line of credit with
Northwest Airlines Inc., in each case, with accrued and unpaid interest.

Pinnacle  Airlines  has  agreed  to  file  a  registration  statement  with  the
Securities and Exchange Commission for the resale of the notes and the shares of
common  stock  issuable  upon  conversion  of the notes within 90 days after the
closing of the offering.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the  solicitation  of
an offer to buy any  securities.  The  offering  will be made only to  qualified
institutional  buyers in accordance  with Rule 144A under the  Securities Act of
1933. The securities to be offered have not been registered under the Securities
Act, or any state  securities  laws, and unless so registered may not be offered
or sold in the United  States,  except  pursuant to an exemption  from,  or in a
transaction not subject to, the registration  requirements of the Securities Act
and applicable state securities laws.

Pinnacle  Airlines,  Inc. operates under the name Northwest Airlink and provides
service to  destinations in the United States and Canada.  Pinnacle  operates an
all-jet fleet of Canadair 44 and 50-seat  Regional Jets from  Northwest  hubs at
Detroit,  Memphis and  Minneapolis-St.  Paul.  Pinnacle  Airlines  maintains its
headquarters in Memphis,  Tenn., and employs more than 3,200 People. For further
information,   please   contact  Philip  Reed,   Vice-President,   Marketing  at
901-348-4257, or visit our web-site at www.nwairlink.com.

This press release contains various forward-looking statements that are based on
management's  beliefs, as well as assumptions made by and information  currently
available to  management.  Although the Company  believes that the  expectations
reflected in such  forward-looking  statements  are  reasonable,  it can give no
assurance  that  such  expectations  will  prove  to  have  been  correct.  Such
statements  are  subject  to  certain  risks,   uncertainties  and  assumptions,
including  those set  forth in our  filings  with the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission, which are available to investors at our web-site or on line from the
Commission.  Should one of more of these risks or uncertainties materialize,  or
should  underlying   assumptions  prove  erroneous,   actual  results  may  vary
materially from results that were anticipated or projected. The Company does not
intend to update  these  forward-looking  statements  before  its next  required
filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.



Contact:

     Contact:
     Philip Reed
     Vice-President, Marketing
     901-348-4257
     http://www.nwairlink.com