Delta Interns in place across Eastern and Western Africa

Accra, 9 November 2011 - Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) has completed the full intake for the first ever Business School Internship which launched this year in Senegal, Kenya, Ghana and Nigeria. The Delta funded program was devised alongside local business colleges and runs for one year, providing interns with on-the-job training and valuable work experience.

“The internship is part of Delta’s ongoing investment in Africa and I am very pleased to welcome this year’s first intake of interns. Delta worked closely with local business schools to select the inaugural class and it was a very competitive process with many talented candidates.” said Bobby Bryan, Sales Manager, East and West Africa. “I look forward to working with all of the interns during the course of the year and wish them all the best of luck.”

All interns are now in place at the local Delta offices, during the course of the year the interns will be working across departments, handling specific projects and making analytical presentations. The internship culminates in a trip to Atlanta where they will meet with relevant managers and take a tour of Delta’s headquarters.

Delta currently operates 44 weekly flights between Africa and the United States, serving six African cities in five countries.

About Delta
Delta Air Lines serves more than 160 million customers each year, and was named by Fortune magazine as the most admired airline worldwide in its 2011 World's Most Admired Companies airline industry list. With an industry-leading global network, Delta and the Delta Connection carriers offer service to 335 destinations in 59 countries on six continents. Headquartered in Atlanta, Delta employs 80,000 employees worldwide and operates a mainline fleet of more than 700 aircraft. A founding member of the SkyTeam global alliance, Delta participates in the industry’s leading trans-Atlantic joint venture with Air France-KLM and Alitalia. Including its worldwide alliance partners, Delta offers customers more than 13,000 daily flights, with hubs in Amsterdam, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Detroit, Memphis, Minneapolis-St. Paul, New York-JFK, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Salt Lake City and Tokyo-Narita. The airline’s service includes the SkyMiles frequent flier program, a world-class airline loyalty program; the award-winning BusinessElite service; and more than 50 Delta Sky Clubs in airports worldwide. Delta is investing more than $2 billion through 2013 in airport facilities and global products, services and technology to enhance the customer experience in the air and on the ground. Customers can check in for flights, print boarding passes, check bags and review flight status at delta.com.