Delta's 'Dream Flight' Carries Aviation Students to Johnson Space Center

ATLANTA, July 23, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) and the
Organization of Black Airline Pilots (OBAP) today celebrate the ninth annual
'Dream Flight' carrying more than 150 students to the Johnson Space Center in
Houston.

Delta co-sponsors OBAP's Aviation Career Education (ACE) camp -- two, week-long
summer programs for youth, ages 14-18, who have an interest in pursuing careers
in aviation. During the camp, held primarily at Delta's world headquarters in
Atlanta, qualified flight instructors teach students aviation history,
aerodynamics, meteorology, navigation and flight simulator orientation. Select
graduates from ACE Camp are invited back the following year to participate in
Flight Line, an intensive tutorial focused specifically on pilot training,
including allowing students to perform solo flights during their week-long
training.

As part of the final week of training, all camp students participate in a
day-long field trip to an aviation facility in the United States. Past trips
include visits to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., the
Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Fla., and most recently the National Museum of
the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio.

"We are proud to continue Delta's tradition of educating future professionals,"
said Stephen Dickson, Delta's senior vice president - Flight Operations.
"Regardless of whether these teens become pilots, flight attendants or something
else, we know that their time at camp has given them a bigger platform to pursue
their educational and employment dreams."

Delta donated a charter flight to carry the aviation students, many of whom are
taking their first commercial flight. After arriving in Houston on Flight 9997,
operated by Delta using a Boeing 757, students will enjoy a guided tour of the
historic space center, complete with briefings from active NASA astronauts.

In the brief ACE camp/Flight Line history, Delta and OBAP have exposed more than
1000 students to careers in aviation. Currently, six former ACE camp attendees
are studying aviation at the U.S. Air Force and Naval Academies, and four other
camp alumni are commercial pilots.

On Friday, July 25, all three camps will take part of the 2008 graduation
ceremonies held in the Delta Training Center.

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with Delta and Delta Connection flights to 327 destinations in 62 countries.
Delta has added more international capacity than any major U.S. airline during
the last two years and is the leader across the Atlantic with flights to 44
trans-Atlantic markets. To Latin America and the Caribbean, Delta offers 609
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airline alliance that provides customers with extensive worldwide destinations,
flights and services. Including its SkyTeam and worldwide codeshare partners,
Delta offers flights to 499 worldwide destinations in 105 countries. Customers
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