Exhibit 24 to Form 3 dated 10/22/2003
Thompson, Larry D.
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
P.O. Box 20574
Atlanta GA  30320

Issuer Name and Ticker Symbol:  Delta Air Lines, Inc. (DAL)

Period of Report:  10/22/2003

                              POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints each of Dean C. Arvidson, Jan M. Davidson,
Leslie P. Klemperer, Gregory L. Riggs and Nanci Oliver Sloan,
signing singly, the undersigned/s true and lawful
attorney in fact to:

1.     execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned/s capacity as a director of Delta Air Lines, Inc.
(the Company), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

2.     do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and
execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such form with
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any
stock exchange or similar authority; and

3.     take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney in fact,
may be of benefit to, and in the best interest of, or legally
required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents
executed by such attorney in fact on behalf of the undersigned
pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney in fact may
approve in such attorney in fact/s discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney in fact full
power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the
exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully
to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do
if personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney in fact, or such attorney in fact/s substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys in fact, in serving in such capacity at the request
of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming,
any of the undersigned/s responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3,
4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned/s holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys in fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 22nd day of October, 2003.



                        /s/ Larry D. Thompson
                        Larry D. Thompson