Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Whitehurst James M
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
DELTA AIR LINES INC /DE/ [DAL]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Chief Operating Officer
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
DELTA AIR LINES, INC., DEPT. 981, P.O. BOX 20574
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
06/04/2007
(Street)

ATLANTA, GA 30320
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) (1) $ 18.84 (1) 06/04/2007   A   142,900     (2) 04/29/2017 Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share 142,900 $ 0 142,900 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Whitehurst James M
DELTA AIR LINES, INC., DEPT. 981
P.O. BOX 20574
ATLANTA, GA 30320
      Chief Operating Officer  

Signatures

 Nanci Oliver Sloan as attorney-in-fact for James M. Whitehurst   06/05/2007
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) On March 13, 2007, the Personnel & Compensation Committee of Delta's Board of Directors ("P&C Committee") approved the terms of the grant of stock options to Delta officers, including the Reporting Person, to be made following Delta's emergence from bankruptcy. Delta described this program in a Bankruptcy Court filing on March 20, 2007, and in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 22, 2007. The P&C Committee determined that the grant date for these stock option awards would be the first trading day for Delta common stock, par value $0.0001 per share ("Common Stock"), on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") that is 30 calendar days after the first day the Common Stock is traded regular-way on the NYSE. Consistent with that determination, the stock option grant was made to the Reporting Person on June 4, 2007 in a transaction exempt under Rule 16b-3(d). The exercise price of the stock option is the closing price of the Common Stock on the NYSE on June 4, 2007.
(2) Subject to the terms of the award, including the Reporting Person's continued employment with Delta, the stock option reported in this Form 4 becomes exercisable on the following dates with respect to the specified number of shares of Common Stock: April 30, 2008 -- 47,634 shares; April 30, 2009 -- 47,633 shares; April 30, 2010 -- 47,633 shares. Delta emerged from bankruptcy on April 30, 2007.

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