Atlantic Southeast Airlines Announces Plans to Introduce Service to Daytona Beach, Islip and Melbourne; Expands Schedule to Augusta, Montgomery and Tallahassee.

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 8, 1999--Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) (Nasdaq NM: ASAI) will introduce Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) service to Daytona Beach and Melbourne, Florida, and Islip, New York, and expand its schedule to Augusta, Georgia; Montgomery, Alabama; and Tallahassee, Florida, this summer.

ASA's new summer schedule marks the first schedule change since Delta Air Lines acquired a majority interest in ASA Holdings, Inc., the parent of ASA. When the acquisition is complete, Delta intends to operate ASA as a wholly owned subsidiary.

At Daytona Beach, ASA's new service will include three daily flights to Atlanta, operated with the 50-passenger Canadair Regional Jet aircraft. The airline will introduce one flight on June 1 and add two additional flights on July 1. With the summer schedule, Delta and ASA will operate a total of seven flights at Daytona Beach -- four Delta flights and three ASA flights. Delta's summer schedule in 1998 totaled six flights. For the winter season, the schedule of Delta and ASA flights will increase to a total of eight flights daily when Delta reinstates a flight it suspends during the summer months.

At Melbourne, ASA will operate a total of four daily flights. The airline will begin service with two daily flights to Atlanta on June 1 and add two more flights on July 15, all featuring the CRJ aircraft. With this new service, Delta and ASA will offer a total of eight daily flights between Melbourne and Atlanta, compared with the six Delta flights available in the market today.

At Islip beginning on August 1, ASA will inaugurate service with three daily flights to Atlanta, all operated with CRJ equipment. This will be Atlanta's only nonstop service to the Long Island airport.

At Montgomery on June 1, ASA will add one CRJ flight to its schedule. Delta and ASA will operate the same number of total flights the two carriers operate today. There will be a total of nine daily flights from Atlanta to Montgomery -- three Delta flights and six ASA flights; and eight daily flights from Montgomery to Atlanta -- two Delta flights and six ASA flights.

At Augusta, ASA will add another daily CRJ flight to its schedule on July 1, 1999. With the new schedule, Delta and ASA will continue to offer a total of 10 daily flights from Atlanta to Augusta -- four Delta flights and six ASA flights; and nine daily flights between Augusta and Atlanta -- three Delta flights and six ASA flights.

At Tallahassee on July 1, ASA will add its second CRJ flight. Delta and ASA will operate the same number of total flights the two carriers operate today -- eight daily flights -- six Delta flights and two ASA flights.

The CRJ -- the quietest aircraft in the world -- carries passengers in a comfortable two-by-two seating arrangement; every seat is an aisle or window, with no middle seats. The plane can cruise at 530 mph at altitudes as high as 41,000 feet.

Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Inc. is Atlanta's largest regional air carrier with service to 38 markets and offers service to 21 airports from its second hub at Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas. ASA, which was founded in 1979, has operated as a "Delta Connection" carrier since 1984. It has a fleet of 90 aircraft and 2,629 employees based in 41 cities across its route system.