ATLANTA, April 4, 2007 – Delta Air Lines today reported a record March consolidated system load factor of 83.0 percent, record mainline system load factor of 83.7 percent, and record total domestic load factor of 83.6 percent.  In addition, on March 31, Delta recorded new all-time daily record load factors of 98.1 percent in the mainline Atlantic and 93.0 percent in mainline Latin entities. 

System traffic increased 3.5 percent from March 2006 with a capacity increase of 0.4 percent.  International traffic in March 2007 increased 23.1 percent year over year on an 18.7 percent increase in capacity. Domestic traffic in March 2007 declined 3.2 percent year over year on a 6.0 percent decrease in capacity.

Despite the challenging weather environment in March, Delta completed 98.1 percent of scheduled flights during the month relative to 99.0 percent in March 2006. Detailed traffic and capacity are attached.

Delta Air Lines (Other OTC: DALRQ) offers customers service to more destinations than any global airline with Delta and Delta Connection carrier service to 307 destinations in 52 countries.  With more than 60 new international routes added in the last year, Delta is America’s fastest growing international airline and is a leader across the Atlantic with flights to 31 trans-Atlantic destinations.  To Latin America and the Caribbean, Delta offers more than 600 weekly flights to 58 destinations.  Delta's marketing alliances also allow customers to earn and redeem SkyMiles on nearly 15,000 flights offered by SkyTeam and other partners. Delta is a founding member of SkyTeam, a global airline alliance that provides customers with extensive worldwide destinations, flights and services. Including its SkyTeam and worldwide codeshare partners, Delta offers flights to 456 worldwide destinations in 100 countries. Customers can check in for flights, print boarding passes and check flight status at delta.com.