X0202 4 2005-07-15 0000027904 DELTA AIR LINES INC /DE/ DAL 0001121035 HIGGINS PATRICIA DELTA AIR LINES, INC., DEPT. NO. 981 P.O. BOX 20574 ATLANTA, GA 30320 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 2005-07-15 4 A 0 3896.104 3.85 A 3896.104 D Phantom Stock Units 2005-07-15 4 A 0 1573.597 3.85 A Common Stock 1573.597 1573.597 D Shares acquired under Delta's Non-employee Directors' Stock Plan in a transaction exempt under Rule 16b-3(d). Phantom Stock Units were accrued under Delta's Non-employee Directors' Deferred Compensation Plan in a transaction exempt under Rule 16b-3(d). They are convertible into Delta common stock on a 1-for-1 basis. The deferred amounts will be paid, in cash, to the reporting person after she completes her service as a member of Delta's Board of Directors. Nanci Oliver Sloan as attorney-in-fact for Patricia L. Higgins 2005-07-18