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Media Advisory: Delta and Northwest Merge, Creating Premier Global Airline

Oct 29, 2008

ATLANTA, Oct. 29, 2008 – Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE: DAL) and Northwest Airlines, Inc. today merged, creating a premier global airline with service to nearly all of the world’s major travel markets.

Edward Bastian, Delta’s President and CFO, and CEO and President of NWA will be at the airports in Atlanta and Minneapolis, respectively, to discuss what the merger closing means for customers, employees and the communities served by Delta and Northwest.

Oct. 29, 2008
 
Satellite uplink of b-roll and executive sound bites, 6 – 8 p.m. EDT
Video package including b-roll and executive sound bites will be available from 6 – 8 p.m. EDT via satellite uplink.

DownLink:  11886.5000 V
Satellite/TR: HORIZONS 2 15K 74.05 degrees West
Symbol Rate: 6.1113
FEC: 3/4
Digital Inf 8.45

Oct. 30, 2008

Satellite uplink of b-roll and executive sound bites, 6 – 7 a.m. EDT
Video package including b-roll and executive sound bites will be available from 6 – 7 a.m. EDT via satellite uplink. (Coordinates are same as above)

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport**
   

WHEN:

10:00 – 10:30 a.m. EDT

WHERE:

Delta International Lobby, South Terminal
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

WHO:

Edward H. Bastian, Delta president and CFO, and CEO of NWA, Inc.

CONTACT  

Chris Kelly, Delta, 404-374-7554

Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport**
   

WHEN:   

10:00 – 10:30 a.m. EDT

WHERE: 

Delta International Lobby, South Terminal
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

WHO:     

Edward H. Bastian, Delta president and CFO, and CEO of NWA, Inc.

CONTACT  

Chris Kelly, Delta, 404-374-7554

**Media in attendance will have an opportunity to ask questions following brief prepared remarks.