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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001301040-07-000039
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20070625
FILED AS OF DATE:		20070626
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20070626

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DELTA AIR LINES INC /DE/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000027904
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	AIR TRANSPORTATION, SCHEDULED [4512]
		IRS NUMBER:				580218548
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		HARTSFIELD ATLANTA INTL AIRPORT
		STREET 2:		1030 DELTA BLVD
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30354-1989
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4047152600

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P.O. BOX 20706
		STREET 2:		DEPT 981
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30320-6001

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DELTA AIR CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19660908

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ANDERSON RICHARD H
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001200334

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-05424
		FILM NUMBER:		07941504

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7635144000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		MEDTRONIC, INC
		STREET 2:		710 MEDTRONIC PKWY, MS LC310
		CITY:			MINNEAPOLIS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55432-5604
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    <periodOfReport>2007-06-25</periodOfReport>

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        <issuerName>DELTA AIR LINES INC /DE/</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>DAL</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>ANDERSON RICHARD H</rptOwnerName>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>DELTA AIR LINES, INC., DEPT. 981</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>P.O. BOX 20574</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>ATLANTA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>GA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>30320</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2007-06-25</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
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            <transactionAmounts>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">As previously described in Exhibit 99.1 to a Current Report on Form 8-K, which was furnished by Delta Air Lines, Inc. (&quot;Delta&quot;) to the SEC on March 22, 2007, non-employee members of Delta's Board of Directors receive an annual restricted stock award with a $40,000 value.  The shares reported in this Form 4 represent the annual restricted stock grant to the Reporting Person, as approved by the Board of Directors on June 25, 2007.  The number of shares was determined by dividing $40,000 by the average closing price of Delta's common stock on the New York Stock Exchange for the ten consecutive trading days immediately prior to June 25, 2007, and rounding down to the nearest number of whole shares.  The shares were acquired in a transaction exempt under Rule 16b-3(d).</footnote>
    </footnotes>

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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Nanci Oliver Sloan as attorney-in-fact for       Richard H. Anderson</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-06-26</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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