Delta Wins Alfred P. Sloan Award for Workplace Flexibility

National award recognizes programs that enhance employees' work-life balance

ATLANTA, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) has won
the 2009 Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace
Flexibility, a national honor recognizing the company's efforts to provide a
variety of workplace options that allow employees to perform at their best at
work and at home.

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"This distinguished award recognizes our continuing efforts to implement
programs that provide our people more flexibility to balance work life and
personal time," said Mike Campbell, executive vice president-Human Resources
and Labor Relations. "Our people are the best in the industry, and when
they're at their best Delta is a better company."

More than 18 months ago, Delta launched several new workplace policies and
programs to address the specific needs of individual work groups. These
include:

-- A work-at-home program for Reservations Sales, whereby call center
employees are equipped with company computers and phones in their
homes
to allow them to assist customers on flexible schedules.
-- Flexible shift opportunities for employees in many areas, with
generous
swapping and shift-trading policies, compressed work weeks with paid
personal time off and personal leaves of absence.

-- A corporate telecommuting program for eligible employees, which equips
them with the tools to work from home when necessary and provides the
flexibility to achieve a healthy work-life balance.

Sloan Award winners are evaluated through a rigorous, two-step process which
measures a company's workplace flexibility against national data, then
validates the results through a random survey of employees.

Delta Air Lines is the world's No. 1 airline. With more than 70,000 employees,
Delta serves more than 170 million passengers every year on its unsurpassed
global network, which includes service to 355 destinations in 64 countries.
Delta operates hubs in Atlanta, Cincinnati, Detroit, Memphis, Minneapolis-St.
Paul, New York-JFK, Salt Lake City, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Amsterdam and
Tokyo-Narita with its fleet of more than 1,000 aircraft. A member of the Sky
Team global airline alliance, Delta and its partners offer more than 16,000
daily flights. Delta's service includes the SkyMiles frequent flier program,
the world's largest airline loyalty program; the award winning BusinessElite
service; and more than 50 airport Sky Clubs worldwide. Customers can check in
for flights, print boarding passes, check bags and flight status at delta.com

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