Exhibit 99.1


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CONTACT:  Corporate Communications
          404-715-2554

                M. MICHELE BURNS, DELTA EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
             AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, TO JOIN MIRANT CORPORATION

         ATLANTA, April 15, 2004 -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) said today that
M. Michele Burns, executive vice president and chief financial officer, has
decided to leave Delta, effective April 30. She will join Mirant Corporation of
Atlanta as executive vice president and chief financial officer, and lead the
company's financial restructuring.

         Gerald Grinstein, Delta chief executive officer, said he will announce
a replacement for Burns soon. Burns will remain Delta's chief financial officer
through the end of April.

         Grinstein said: "Michele Burns has been an important part of Delta's
leadership since she joined the company in 1999, both in her role as chief
financial officer and as a senior corporate executive. After the tragedy of
September 11, 2001, Michele built a financial structure that gave the company
the stability to address the on-going task of regaining sustained profitability.
Everyone at Delta appreciates what she has done for our company and wishes her
well in her new role."

         "Working at Delta has been a wonderful, rewarding time and I will miss
the Delta people," said Burns. "Leaving is very difficult, but I made the
decision that the time is right to take on a new opportunity. I am confident
that Delta will work through its challenges and regain its position at the top
of the commercial aviation industry."

         Delta Air Lines is proud to celebrate its 75th anniversary in 2004.
Delta is the world's second largest airline in terms of passengers carried and
the leading U.S. carrier across the Atlantic, offering daily flights to 491
destinations in 84 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.

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