Air Lines Responds to Customer Demand with Additional Seasonal Service From India to the U.S.A

Mumbai, July 20, 2004 - In response to strong customer demand, Delta Air Lines today announces that it will be offering an additional daily flight, effective 2 November, 2004 through 1 March, 2005, between Mumbai, India and the U.S.A., via Frankfurt, Germany. This daily seasonal service will give Delta’s customers from India a second option to fly to Europe and the U.S.A., as it complements the airline’s existing year round service from Mumbai to New York via Paris/Charles de Gaulle airport, France.

The new seasonal service allows passengers travelling from India to connect to Delta’s nonstop daily services at Frankfurt on to Delta’s U.S. gateways including Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport - the airline’s hub and the world’s busiest airport; New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport and Cincinnati/ Northern Kentucky International Airport. In addition, Delta’s customers from India can connect to numerous codeshare services offered by its SkyTeam alliance partners within Europe.

“Delta is continuing to see strong international growth generally, with our airplanes full and customer demand proving high to some of the most wide-ranging points we serve,” said Dieter Hofele, general manager, India. “We are launching this seasonal flight in response to heavy demand for service between India, Europe and the U.S.A. Through our own service and through that of our codeshare and alliance partners, Delta remains committed to providing customers with service to and from the world’s key destinations.”

Delta will operate its daily nonstop flight from Mumbai with a Boeing 767-300ER aircraft which has the capacity to carry up to 204 passengers in a two-class configuration featuring Delta’s award-winning BusinessElite service.

Mumbai to the U.S.A., via Frankfurt

Delta Flight 107 departs BOM 12:01 a.m.	Arrives FRA 5:15 a.m.
Delta Flight 107 departs FRA 12:45 p.m.*	Arrives JFK 3:30 p.m.

U.S.A. to Mumbai, via Frankfurt

Delta Flight 106 departs JFK 5:45 p.m.*	Arrives Frankfurt 7:40 a.m.
Delta Flight 106 departs FRA 9:45 a.m.	Arrives Mumbai 10 p.m.

* These JFK-FRA/FRA-JFK flight segments are in Delta’s currently flown schedule.

Notes to Editors

• Delta is the only U.S. carrier operating service between Mumbai and Frankfurt.
• The newly announced service is part of several new international flights that Delta has announced this year. Delta has increased capacity on its transatlantic routes with new daily service from Rome, Italy and Amsterdam, The Netherlands to its U.S gateway, Cincinnati. Delta also announced additional summer service from Munich, Germany and London, England to its Atlanta hub and from Athens, Greece to New York, JFK
• Delta Air Lines celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2004. Delta is the leading U.S. carrier across the Atlantic and the world’s second largest airline in terms of passengers carried, offering daily flights to 497 destinations in 86 countries on Delta, Song, Delta Shuttle, the Delta Connection carriers and its worldwide partners.
• Delta's marketing alliances allow customers to earn and redeem frequent flier miles on more than 14,000 flights offered by SkyTeam, Northwest Airlines, Continental Airlines and other partners.
• Delta is a founding member of SkyTeam, a global airline alliance that provides customers with extensive worldwide destinations, flights and services. For more information, please visit delta.com.

For further information please contact:

Dieter Hofele
Tel.: +91-22-2826-7007