NEW YORK, Nov. 16, 2006 – Delta Air Lines is continuing to increase customer choices from its New York-JFK hub with the addition of a key transcontinental destination from JFK: Phoenix/Scottsdale/Tempe. Effective Feb. 15, 2007, Delta will add one daily round-trip flight between JFK and Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport, complementing its other transcontinental routes to San Francisco, Seattle, Las Vegas, San Diego, Los Angeles and Salt Lake City.

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“As part of Delta’s continued expansion at our New York hub, we’re offering customers the convenience of nonstop service to more of their favorite business and leisure destinations, including Phoenix/Scottsdale/Tempe,” said Bob Cortelyou, vice president – Network Planning at Delta. “Additionally, our Arizona customers will be able to take advantage of our strong international connections to destinations in five continents from our hub at New York’s JFK airport.”

Delta’s new service between New York-JFK and Phoenix/Scottsdale/Tempe will be operated with the 150-seat Boeing 737-800 aircraft. Customers may purchase tickets for next year’s flights beginning today at delta.com. Flights are scheduled as follows:

Delta offers customers more flights to more destinations from New York City's two preferred airports combined -- John F. Kennedy International and New York-LaGuardia -- than any other airline. At LaGuardia, Delta operates the city's leading Shuttle product to Boston and Washington, D.C., in addition to nonstop Delta and Delta Connection carrier service to 29 other destinations. At JFK, Delta operates a major international and domestic hub with 167 peak day flights to 70 worldwide destinations, including nonstop service to 31 international destinations.

Delta Air Lines (Other OTC: DALRQ) offers customers service to more destinations than any global airline with Delta and Delta Connection carrier service to 290 destinations in 46 countries. With more than 50 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 28 trans-Atlantic destinations. To Latin America and the Caribbean, Delta offers more than 400 weekly flights to 49 destinations. Delta's marketing alliances also allow customers to earn and redeem SkyMiles on more than 14,000 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 445 worldwide destinations in 92 countries. Customers can check in for flights, print boarding passes and check flight status at delta.com.