EXHIBIT 99.1

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                DELTA ANNOUNCES RESULTS TO DATE OF EXCHANGE OFFER

ATLANTA, Nov. 2, 2004 - Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) today announced that
approximately $252 million aggregate principal amount of Pass Through
Certificates Series 2000-1C and Pass Through Certificates Series 2001-1C
("Short-Term Existing Securities") have been tendered in its pending exchange
offer. The amount of Short-Term Existing Securities tendered exceeds the minimum
tender condition for the Short-Term Existing Securities.

Consummation of the exchange offer remains subject to numerous other significant
conditions. The amount of securities in the other classes tendered to date is
substantially below the minimum tender conditions. In the event that the
exchange offer is consummated only with respect to the Short-Term Existing
Securities then the collateral reserved for the other classes of notes will be
available to Delta to meet other liquidity needs.

The exchange offer will terminate at 5:00 p.m. on November 18, 2004 unless
extended.

The offering is being made only to "qualified institutional buyers," as such
term is defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

The exchange offer will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, or
any state securities laws. Therefore, any securities issued in the exchange
offer may not be offered or sold in the United States absent an exemption from
the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and any applicable
state securities laws. This announcement is neither an offer to sell nor a
solicitation of an offer to buy the securities offered in the exchange offer.