POWER OF ATTORNEY





     Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes

and appoints each of, Gregory L. Riggs, Leslie P. Klemperer,  Alan T. Rosselot,

Nanci Oliver Sloan and Suzanne M. Arpin, 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 10th day of July, 2005.





                                  /s/ Domenico De Sole

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                                      Domenico De Sole