More Flights, More Sun, More Sand: Delta Adds Flights to Seven Caribbean Destinations...

More Flights, More Sun, More Sand: Delta Adds Flights to Seven Caribbean
Destinations This Winter

ATLANTA, Aug. 5, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) today
announced the addition of seasonal frequencies to its current schedule to seven
Caribbean destinations to satisfy the rising demand for warm destinations during
the winter season.*

Starting Dec. 20, 2008 Delta will add nonstop service from Hartsfield-Jackson
Atlanta International Airport to each of the following destinations where it
already offers service:

-- Aruba (second daily flight);
-- George Town, Cayman Islands (second Saturday flight);
-- Montego Bay, Jamaica (third daily flight);
-- Providenciales; Turks and Caicos (second Saturday flight);
-- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (second daily flight); and
-- St. Maarten (second Saturday flight).
Delta also will add four weekly flights between Atlanta and St. Thomas effective
Dec. 18. Schedule details are available at delta.com.

"The Caribbean is a perennial favorite spot for tourists during the winter
months, and Delta is making it easier and more convenient for customers to reach
their preferred beach destination," said Miguel Lopez, regional director of
Sales for Central America and the Caribbean for Delta.

In December, Delta also will inaugurate new year-round nonstop service between
New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and Buenos Aires,
Argentina** (Dec. 18); Atlanta and Tegucigalpa, Honduras** (Dec. 18); New
York-JFK and Bonaire** (Dec. 20), and Atlanta and Santiago de los Caballeros,
Dominican Republic (Dec. 20).

Delta Air Lines operates service to more worldwide destinations than any airline
with Delta and Delta Connection flights to 312 destinations in 61 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 393
weekly flights to 47 destinations. Delta's marketing alliances also allow
customers to earn and redeem SkyMiles on more than 16,000 flights offered by
SkyTeam and other partners. Delta is a founding member of SkyTeam, a global
airline alliance that provides customers with extensive worldwide destinations,
flights and services. Including its SkyTeam and worldwide codeshare partners,
Delta offers flights to 500 worldwide destinations in 105 countries. Customers
can check in for flights, print boarding passes, check bags and flight status at
delta.com.

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* Travel for some itineraries may be provided by Delta Connection carrier
Pinnacle Airlines, Inc., until December 18, 2008.

**Subject to foreign government approval.

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