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Confidential Treatment requested by Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Inc., File No.
0-11097


                                 EXHIBIT 10 (t)

             
                Confidential treatment has been applied for with
                respect to certain provisions of this Exhibit, which
                provisions have been omitted from this Exhibit,
                marked with an asterisk (*) and filed separately with
                the SEC

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                               FIRST AMENDMENT TO
                                CREDIT AGREEMENT


         THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this "First Amendment") is
made and entered into this 11th day of September, 1996, by and between ATLANTIC
SOUTHEAST AIRLINES, INC., a Georgia corporation ("Borrower") and SUNTRUST BANK,
ATLANTA, f/k/a Trust Company Bank (the "Bank"), with the express understanding
that ASA INVESTMENTS, INC., a Delaware Corporation ("ASAI") shall be a third
party beneficiary hereof.

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

         WHEREAS, Borrower is indebted to Bank under the terms of that certain
Credit Agreement dated as of April 20, 1994 (as heretofore amended, modified or
supplemented, the "Credit Agreement"); and

         WHEREAS, ASAI has undertaken those obligations imposed upon it under
that certain Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement dated as of April 20, 1994 (the
"Guaranty") issued by ASAI for the benefit of the Bank and securing Borrower's
performance of Borrower's obligations under the Credit Agreement; and

         WHEREAS, the Borrower desires (i) to obtain the approval and consent
of the Bank to implement a corporate reorganization which will result in the
Borrower and ASAI each becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of a holding company,
the stock of which holding company will be owned by the Borrower's current
shareholders and will be publicly traded, (ii) to obtain from the Bank a
release of the Guaranty, resulting in ASAI being relieved of its responsibility
under the Guaranty, (iii) to amend the Credit Agreement to relieve the Borrower
of certain restrictions imposed thereunder, and (iv) to further amend the
Credit Agreement to impose certain additional undertakings upon the Borrower,
all as more particularly set forth herein; and

         WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.12 of the Credit
Agreement and Section 9 of the Guaranty, the parties desire to amend the Credit
Agreement as hereinafter provided.

         NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of each party's agreement to
be bound hereby and other good, valuable and adequate consideration, the
parties hereto do hereby agree as follows:

1.       Definitions.  All capitalized terms not otherwise specifically defined
         herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them under the provisions
         of the Credit Agreement.

2.       Release of ASAI.  From and after the date of this First Amendment, the
         Bank and the Borrower hereby agree that:

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                 (a)      ASAI shall not be considered a Subsidiary or a
Restricted Subsidiary of Borrower for purposes of the application or
interpretation of any provision of the Credit Agreement.

                 (b)      The Bank specifically acknowledges and agrees that
the Guaranty is hereby terminated and shall be of no further force or effect,
it being the express agreement of all parties that ASAI shall be relieved of
all obligations and responsibilities to the Bank under or pursuant to the Loan
Documents and that the Bank shall not have, and hereby waives and releases, any
claim or cause of action against ASAI under or in connection with the Credit
Agreement, the credit extended to Borrower thereunder, the Loan Documents, or
the Guaranty.

                 (c)      In furtherance of the foregoing, the definitions of
"Guaranty" and "Guarantor" and all references to the "Guaranty" or "Guarantor"
contained in the Credit Agreement or the Loan Documents are hereby deleted.

                 (d)      All parties specifically agree that ASAI shall be a
third party beneficiary of this First Amendment  and more specifically the
provisions of this Section 2.

3.       Restrictions on Inclusion of Subsidiaries and Restricted Subsidiaries.
         All references to the any "Subsidiary" or "Restricted Subsidiary" of
         the Borrower under the Credit Agreement and all determinations
         required to be made with respect thereto or with respect to the
         Borrower on a consolidated basis shall refer to and include solely and
         exclusively the Borrower and any Subsidiary or Restricted Subsidiary
         hereafter created, acquired or maintained; provided, that in no event 
         shall the following entities be deemed to be a "Subsidiary" or
         "Restricted Subsidiary" of the Borrower: (i) ASAI, (ii) any parent or
         holding company owning all or substantially all of the capital stock of
         the Borrower, (iii) any Person utilized in the implementation of the
         Subject Reorganization (as hereinafter defined) which does not,
         following the consummation of the Subject Reorganization, have
         substantial assets, or (iv) any Person required to be included in any
         consolidated financial statement, tax return or governmental filing
         covering the Borrower or under any other statement prepared or
         determination made in conformity with generally accepted accounting
         principles which such Person does not otherwise constitute a Subsidiary
         or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower under the respective
         definitions and provisions of the Credit Agreement.

4.       Interpretation of "Generally Accepted Accounting Principles".  All
         references to "generally accepted accounting principles" as they apply
         to any determination concerning Borrower or any Subsidiary, Restricted
         Subsidiary, Unrestricted Subsidiary or Affiliate of Borrower shall
         refer to those generally accepted accounting principles as in effect
         in the United States of America and applied on a basis consistent with
         that used in the preparation of  the financial statements referred to
         in Section 6.01 except for (i) changes therein with which Borrower's
         independent public accountants concur that are disclosed in the notes
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         the relevant financial statements, and (ii) any requirements for
         consolidation inconsistent with the provisions of Section 3 of this
         First Amendment.

5.       Amendments to Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement (Definitions).  
         Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

                 (a)      [*]

                 (b)      The definition of "Debt" is hereby amended by
deleting said definition in its entirety.  All other references to "Debt"
contained in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be deemed
to refer to "Indebtedness" except as otherwise provided herein.

                 (c)      [*]

                 (d)      [*]

                 (e)      The definitions of "Book Net Worth", [*]  "Restricted
Subsidiary", and [*] are hereby amended and restated in their entirety as
follows:

                 ""Book Net Worth" shall mean the book value, as determined in
         accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, of the Total
         Assets of Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (exclusive of any
         indebtedness owed to the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries by
         any Affiliate of Borrower) which Total Assets are located within the
         United States of America minus the book value, as determined in
         accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, of the Total
         Liabilities of Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

                 [*]

                 "Restricted Subsidiary" shall mean any Subsidiary which is not
an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

                 [*]

                 (f)      The following definitions are hereby added to Section
1.01 in the appropriate alphabetical order:

                 "Holding Company" shall mean the corporation, whose shares are
         publicly traded, owning the stock of the Borrower and ASA Investments,
         Inc. following the consummation of the Subject Reorganization.

                 "Subject Reorganization" shall mean  the pending proposed
         transaction under which (i) Borrower shall form the Holding Company as
         a wholly owned subsidiary of Borrower,  (ii) Holding Company shall
         form a wholly owned subsidiary ("Second Level



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         Subsidiary"), (iii) Second Level Subsidiary shall merge with and into
         Borrower with Borrower surviving and (a) Borrower's shareholders
         receiving stock in the Holding Company in exchange for the outstanding
         stock in Borrower, (b) the Holding Company receiving all capital stock
         in Borrower, and (c) all capital stock in the Holding Company owned by
         Borrower being canceled, and (iv) Borrower's subsequent dividend
         distribution to the Holding Company of all capital stock in ASA
         Investments, Inc.; all of which transactions shall result in Borrower
         and ASA Investments, Inc. becoming wholly owned subsidiaries of
         Holding Company.

6.       Amendments to Article V of the Credit Agreement (Representations and
         Warranties).  The representations and warranties contained under
         Article V of the Credit Agreement are hereby amended in the following
         respects: (i) Section 5.02 is amended by deleting the phrase "or the
         Guarantor" in the three places it appears therein and deleting the
         phrase "the Guaranty" in the one place it appears therein; (ii)
         Section 5.03 is hereby amended by deleting the phrase "and the
         Guarantor" in the two places it appears therein and deleting the
         phrase "the Guaranty" in the two places it appears therein; (iii)
         Section 5.04 is amended by adding the phrase "or as set forth under
         Borrower's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
         1995 or Borrower's quarterly reports on Forms 10-Q for the calendar
         quarters ending March 31, 1996 and June 30, 1996" to the end of the
         last sentence contained therein immediately prior to the punctuation
         ending such sentence; (iv) Section 5.05 is amended by replacing the
         phrase "December 31, 1993" with the phrase "December 31, 1995" in the
         two places such former phrase appears therein; (v) Section 5.06 is
         amended by replacing the phrase "December 31, 1993" with the phrase
         "December 31, 1995" in the one place such former phrase appears
         therein; (vi) Section 5.14 is amended by replacing the phrase
         "December 31, 1993" with the phrase "December 31, 1995" in the one
         place such former phrase appears therein; and (vii) Section 5.08 is
         hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

                 "SECTION 5.08. [*]

                 In addition, the following representation and warranty is
hereby added as a new Section 5.18:

                 "SECTION 5.18-- Subject Reorganization.  Upon the consummation
         of the Subject Reorganization, Borrower shall be and remain in
         compliance with all applicable provisions of this Agreement including
         without limitation, those covenants contained in Sections 6.02, 6.03,
         6.04, and 6.05 hereof."

7.       Amendments to Article VI of the Credit Agreement (Affirmative
         Covenants).  Article VI of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as
         follows:

                 (a)      Section 6.01 (iv) of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:




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                 "(iv)    As soon as practicable, (x) copies of all Forms 10-Q
         and 10-K filed by Borrower or the Holding Company with the Securities
         and Exchange Commission or any national securities exchange and (y)
         copies of all other publicly disclosed financial statements or reports
         of such entities."

                 (b)      Section 6.04 of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended by replacing the reference to [*] with [*] in the one place such amount
appears therein.

8.       Amendments to Article VII of the Credit Agreement (Negative
         Covenants).  Article VII of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as
         follows:

                 (a)    Section 7.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
and restated in its entirety as follows:

                 [*]

                 (b)   [*]

9.               Amendment to Article VIII of the Credit Agreement (Events of
                 Default).  Article VIII of the Credit Agreement is hereby
                 amended as follows:

                 (a)      Section 8.01 is hereby amended to (i) delete the
phrase "or the Guarantor" under subsection 8.01(b) in the one place such phrase
appears therein, (ii) delete the phrase "or Guarantor" under subsection 8.01(i)
in the one place such phrase appears therein and (iii) to delete clause 8.01(j)
in its entirety.

10.      Amendment to Section 9.13 of the Credit Agreement. [*]

11.      Consent to Subject Reorganization.  The undersigned Bank hereby
         consents to and approves the implementation and consummation of the
         Subject Reorganization by Borrower and ASA Investments, Inc. ("ASAI")
         and hereby waives (i) Borrower's or ASAI's compliance with any other
         provisions contained under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan
         Document which are deemed, interpreted or construed to prohibit,
         prevent or restrict Borrower's or ASAI's undertaking of the Subject
         Reorganization or (ii) any default or breach of any provision of
         either the Credit Agreement or any Loan Document resulting from the
         implementation and consummation of the Subject Reorganization by
         Borrower or ASAI.

12.      No Waiver, Etc.  Borrower hereby agrees that except as expressly set
         forth herein, nothing herein shall constitute a waiver by the Bank of
         any Default or Event of Default, whether known or unknown, which may
         exist under the Credit Agreement.  Borrower hereby further agrees that
         no action, inaction or agreement by the Bank, including without
         limitation, any indulgence, waiver, consent or agreement altering the
         provisions of the Credit Agreement which may have occurred with
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         any obligation during the terms of the Credit Agreement or any portion
         thereof, or any other matter relating to the Credit Agreement, shall
         require or imply any future indulgence, waiver, or agreement by the
         Bank.

13.      Affirmation of Covenants and Representations and Warranties.  Borrower
         hereby affirms and restates as of the date hereof all covenants set
         forth in the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby.  All representations
         and warranties contained in Sections 5.01 through and including 5.18
         of the Credit Agreement, as amended by this First Amendment, and to
         the extent applicable solely to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (as
         determined as provided under this First Amendment) are hereby affirmed
         and restated as of the date hereof.

14.      Ratification of Credit Agreement.  Except as expressly amended herein,
         all terms, covenants and conditions of the Credit Agreement and the
         other Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect, and the
         parties hereto do expressly ratify and confirm the Credit Agreement as
         amended herein.  All future references to the Credit Agreement shall
         be deemed to refer to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.

15.      Binding Nature.  This First Amendment shall be binding upon and inure
         to the benefit of the parties hereto, their respective heirs,
         successors, successors-in-titles, and assigns.

16.      Costs and Expenses.  Borrower agrees to pay on demand all reasonable
         costs and expenses of the Bank in connection with the preparation,
         execution and delivery of this First Amendment, including, without
         limitation, the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel
         for the Bank with respect thereto and with respect to advising the
         Bank as to its rights and responsibilities hereunder and thereunder. .

17.      Governing Law.  This First Amendment shall be governed by, and
         construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Georgia.

18.      Counterparts.  This First Amendment may be executed in any number of
         counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts
         and may be delivered by telecopier.  Each counterpart so executed and
         delivered shall be deemed an original and all of which taken together
         shall constitute but one and the same instrument.




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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First
Amendment to be executed by their duly authorized officers as of the date first
above written.

                                  
SUNTRUST BANK, ATLANTA              ATLANTIC SOUTHEAST AIRLINES, INC.
                                  
                                  
By: /s/ R. Michael Dunlap           By: /s/ Ronald V. Sapp                  
    Title: Vice President           Title: Vice President- Finance
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By: /s/ Kevin S. MacDonald     
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    Title: Assistant Vice President         




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