POWER OF ATTORNEY



     Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby

constitutes and appoints each of Suzanne M. Arpin, Jan M. Davidson,

Leslie P.Klemperer, Alan T. Rosselot 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 22 day of April, 2007.





                              /s/  Gene Davis

                                   Eugene I. Davis