Delta Board of Directors Names George N. Mattson as Newest Member

ATLANTA, Oct. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) board of directors today announced George N. Mattson as its newest member, effective immediately.

“We are delighted to have George Mattson join the board of directors,” said Daniel A. Carp, Delta’s non-executive chairman of the board. “George brings deep and broad-based experience in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and capital markets, along with his knowledge of the airline industry and other global industries. He will enhance the strategic depth and range of Delta’s already strong and independent board of directors.”

Mattson was a Partner of Goldman, Sachs & Co. from 2002 to his retirement in August 2012. During that time, he served as co-head of the Global Industrials Group in Investment Banking, which had responsibility for a diverse set of industry sectors, including companies in the transportation industry. Mattson joined Goldman Sachs in 1994, holding positions of increasing responsibility prior to becoming a Partner in 2002.

Mattson is a member of the Board of Trustees of The Boys’ Club of New York and serves on the Board of Visitors of the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University. Mattson previously served as a member and Chair of the Board of Directors of Volunteers of America Greater New York.

Mattson received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Duke University and his M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania.