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                                                                 EXHIBIT 4(A)(2)



                         TRUST SUPPLEMENT NO. 2000-1A-1

                          Dated as of November 16, 2000

                                     between

                              DELTA AIR LINES, INC.

                                       and

               STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY OF CONNECTICUT,
                              NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

                                   as Trustee,

                                       To

                          PASS THROUGH TRUST AGREEMENT
                          Dated as of November 16, 2000



               Delta Air Lines, Inc. Pass Through Trust 2000-1A-1
                             7.379% Delta Air Lines
                           Pass Through Certificates,
                                Series 2000-1A-1

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                         TRUST SUPPLEMENT NO. 2000-1A-1

         This TRUST SUPPLEMENT NO. 2000-1A-1, dated as of November 16, 2000 (the
"Trust Supplement"), between DELTA AIR LINES, INC., a Delaware corporation, and
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY OF CONNECTICUT, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a
national banking association, as Trustee, to the Pass Through Trust Agreement,
dated as of November 16, 2000, between the Company (such term and other
capitalized terms used herein without definition being defined as provided in
Section 1.01) and the Trustee (the "Basic Agreement").


                              W I T N E S S E T H:

         WHEREAS, the Basic Agreement, which is unlimited as to the aggregate
face amount of Certificates that may be issued and authenticated thereunder, has
heretofore or concurrently herewith been executed and delivered;

         WHEREAS, the Company is the Owner of 44 aircraft described in Schedule
III (collectively, the "Aircraft");

         WHEREAS, pursuant to each Indenture, the Company will issue the
Equipment Notes, which Equipment Notes are to be secured by a security interest
in all right, title and interest of the Company in and to the Aircraft and
certain other property described therein;

         WHEREAS, the Trustee shall hereby declare the creation of the Class A-1
Trust (as defined below) for the benefit of Holders of the Class A-1
Certificates (as defined below) to be issued in respect of such Class A-1 Trust,
and the initial Holders of the Class A-1 Certificates, as grantors of such Class
A-1 Trust, by their respective acceptances of the Class A-1 Certificates, shall
join in the creation of the Class A-1 Trust with the Trustee;

         WHEREAS, all Certificates to be issued by the Class A-1 Trust will
evidence Fractional Undivided Interests in the Class A-1 Trust and will have no
rights, benefits or interests in respect of any other separate Trust or the
property held therein;

         WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Basic Agreement,
as supplemented by this Trust Supplement and the Participation Agreements, the
Trustee on behalf of the Class A-1 Trust shall purchase the Equipment Notes
issued by the Company pursuant to the Indentures relating to the Aircraft having
the identical interest rate as, and final maturity dates not later than the
final Regular Distribution Date of, the Class A-1 Certificates issued hereunder
and shall hold such Equipment Notes in trust for the benefit of the Class A-1
Certificateholders;

         WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Intercreditor
Agreement referred to in Section 3.01(h) hereof (the "Intercreditor Agreement"),
the Trustee and the other parties thereto will agree to the terms of
subordination set forth therein;

         WHEREAS, all of the conditions and requirements necessary to make this
Trust Supplement, when duly executed and delivered, a valid, binding and legal
instrument in

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accordance with its terms and for the purposes herein expressed, have been done,
performed and fulfilled, and the execution and delivery of this Trust Supplement
in the form and with the terms hereof have been in all respects duly authorized;

         WHEREAS, this Trust Supplement is subject to the provisions of the
Trust Indenture Act and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such
provisions;

         NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein
contained, and of other good and valuable consideration the receipt and adequacy
of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

                                   ARTICLE I

                                   DEFINITIONS

         Section 1.01 Definitions. Unless otherwise specified herein or the
context otherwise requires, capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall
have the respective meanings set forth, and shall be construed and interpreted
in the manner described, in the Basic Agreement or, to the extent not defined
therein, in the Intercreditor Agreement.

                                   ARTICLE II

                              DECLARATION OF TRUST

         Section 2.01 Declaration of Trust. The Trustee hereby declares the
creation of a Trust, designated the "Delta Air Lines Pass Through Trust
2000-1A-1" (the "Class A-1 Trust"), for the benefit of the Holders of the Class
A-1 Certificates to be issued in respect of such Class A-1 Trust, and the
initial Holders of the Class A-1 Certificates, as grantors of such Class A-1
Trust, by their respective acceptances of the Class A-1 Certificates, join in
the creation of such Class A-1 Trust with the Trustee. The Trustee, by the
execution and delivery of this Trust Supplement, acknowledges its acceptance of
all right, title and interest in and to the Trust Property to be acquired
pursuant to Section 2.02 of the Basic Agreement and the Participation Agreements
and the Trustee will hold such right, title and interest for the benefit of all
present and future Holders of the Class A-1 Certificates, upon the trusts set
forth in the Basic Agreement and this Trust Supplement.

                                  ARTICLE III

                                THE CERTIFICATES

         Section 3.01 The Certificates. There is hereby created a series of
Certificates to be issued under this Agreement designated as "7.379% Delta Air
Lines Pass Through Certificates, Series 2000-1A-1" (the "Class A-1
Certificates"). Each Class A-1 Certificate represents a Fractional Undivided
Interest in the Class A-1 Trust created hereby. The Class A-1


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Certificates shall be the only instruments evidencing a Fractional Undivided
Interest in the Class A-1 Trust.

                The terms and conditions applicable to the Class A-1
         Certificates and the Class A-1 Trust are as follows:

                (a) The aggregate face amount of the Class A-1 Certificates that
         may be authenticated and delivered under this Agreement (except for
         Class A-1 Certificates authenticated and delivered upon registration of
         transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Class A-1
         Certificates pursuant to Sections 3.03, 3.04, 3.05 and 3.06 of the
         Basic Agreement) is $341,094,000.

                (b) The Cut-off Date is December 16, 2000.

                (c) The Regular Distribution Dates with respect to any payment
         of Scheduled Payments means May 18 and November 18 of each year,
         commencing on May 18, 2001, until payment of all of the Scheduled
         Payments to be made under the Equipment Notes has been made. The
         principal amount of the Equipment Notes to be held by the Class A-1
         Trust is scheduled for payment on May 18 and November 18 in certain
         years, beginning on May 18, 2001 and ending on May 18, 2010, as set out
         in Schedules I-A and I-B.

                (d) The Special Distribution Dates with respect to the Class A-1
         Certificates means any Business Day on which a Special Payment is to be
         distributed pursuant to this Agreement.

                (e) The Class A-1 Certificates shall be in the form attached
         hereto as Exhibit A, shall be Book-Entry Certificates and shall be
         subject to the conditions set forth in the Letter of Representations
         between the Company and The Depository Trust Company, as initial
         Clearing Agency, attached hereto as Exhibit B.

                (f) The proceeds of the Class A-1 Certificates issued by the
         Class A-1 Trust shall be used to acquire the Equipment Notes described
         in Schedule II, such Equipment Notes to relate to the Aircraft
         described in Schedule III and the Note Documents described in Schedule
         IV.

                (g) Any Person acquiring or accepting a Class A-1 Certificate or
         an interest therein will, by such acquisition or acceptance, be deemed
         to represent and warrant to the Company, the Loan Trustees and the
         Trustee that either (i) no assets of an employee benefit plan subject
         to Title I of ERISA, or of an employee benefit plan or an individual
         retirement account subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code
         of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), or any trust established under such
         plan or account, have been used to purchase Class A-1 Certificates or
         an interest therein or (ii) the purchase and holding of Class A-1
         Certificates or interests therein by such Person is exempt from the
         prohibited transaction restrictions of ERISA and the Code pursuant to
         one or more prohibited transaction statutory or administrative
         exemptions.


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                (h) The Class A-1 Certificates will be subject to the following
         Intercreditor Agreement (and to the extent the terms thereof (including
         the definitions of defined terms) are inconsistent with the terms of
         this Agreement, such Intercreditor Agreement shall control): that
         certain Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of November 16, 2000, among
         State Street Bank and Trust Company of Connecticut, National
         Association, as Trustee under each Trust (as defined therein),
         Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, acting through its New York
         Branch, as Class A-1 Liquidity Provider, Class A-2 Liquidity Provider,
         Class B Liquidity Provider and Class C Liquidity Provider, and State
         Street Bank and Trust Company of Connecticut, National Association, as
         Subordination Agent thereunder. Potential Purchasers shall have the
         rights upon the occurrence of a Triggering Event set forth in Article
         IV hereof. The Trustee and, by acceptance of any Class A-1 Certificate,
         each Certificateholder thereof, agrees to be bound by all of the
         provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement, including the subordination
         provisions of Section 9.09 thereof.

                (i) The Class A-1 Certificates will have the benefit of the
         following Liquidity Facility: that certain Revolving Credit Agreement,
         dated as of November 16, 2000, between State Street Bank and Trust
         Company of Connecticut, National Association, as Subordination Agent
         under the Intercreditor Agreement, as agent and trustee for the Class
         A-1 Trust, and Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, acting through its
         New York Branch.

                (j) Subject to Section 2.02(b) of the Basic Agreement, there
         will not be any deposit agreement, escrow agreement or other similar
         arrangement prior to delivery of the Aircraft.

                (k) The Company may at any time purchase any of the Class A-1
         Certificates at any price in the open market and may hold such Class
         A-1 Certificates to maturity.

                (l) The Responsible Party is the Company.

                Section 3.02 Delivery of Documents. The Trustee is hereby
directed (i) to execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreement referred to in
Section 3.01(h) of this Trust Supplement in the form delivered to the Trustee by
the Company and (ii) subject to the respective terms thereof, to perform its
obligations thereunder.

                                   ARTICLE IV

                                     DEFAULT

                Section 4.01 Purchase Rights of Certificateholders. (a) By
acceptance of its Class A-1 Certificate, each Class A-1 Certificateholder agrees
that at any time after the occurrence and during the continuation of a
Triggering Event,

                (i) if the Class A-2 Trustee is then the Controlling Party, each
         Class A-1 Certificateholder shall have the right to purchase, for the
         purchase price set forth in the Class A-2 Trust Agreement, all, but not
         less than all, of the Class A-2 Certificates upon


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         ten days' prior written notice to the Class A-2 Trustee and each other
         Class A-1 Certificateholder, provided that (A) if prior to the end of
         such ten-day period any other Class A-1 Certificateholder notifies such
         purchasing Class A-1 Certificateholder that such other Class A-1
         Certificateholder wants to participate in such purchase, then such
         other Class A-1 Certificateholder may join with the purchasing Class
         A-1 Certificateholder to purchase all, but not less than all, of the
         Class A-2 Certificates pro rata based on the Fractional Undivided
         Interest in the Class A-1 Trust held by each such Class A-1
         Certificateholder and (B) if prior to the end of such ten-day period
         any other Class A-1 Certificateholder fails to notify the purchasing
         Class A-1 Certificateholder of such other Class A-1 Certificateholder's
         desire to participate in such a purchase, then such other Class A-1
         Certificateholder shall lose its right to purchase the Class A-2
         Certificates pursuant to this Section 4.01(a)(i); and

                (ii) if the Trustee is then the Controlling Party, each Class
         A-2 Certificateholder shall have the right to purchase all, but not
         less than all, of the Class A-1 Certificates upon ten days' prior
         written notice to the Trustee and each other Class A-2
         Certificateholder, provided that (A) if prior to the end of such
         ten-day period any other Class A-2 Certificateholder notifies such
         purchasing Class A-2 Certificateholder that such other Class A-2
         Certificateholder wants to participate in such purchase, then such
         other Class A-2 Certificateholder may join with the purchasing Class
         A-2 Certificateholder to purchase all, but not less than all, of the
         Class A-1 Certificates pro rata based on the Fractional Undivided
         Interest in the Class A-2 Trust held by each such Class A-2
         Certificateholder and (B) if prior to the end of such ten-day period
         any other Class A-2 Certificateholder fails to notify the purchasing
         Class A-2 Certificateholder of such other Class A-2 Certificateholder's
         desire to participate in such a purchase, then such other Class A-2
         Certificateholder shall lose its right to purchase the Class A-1
         Certificates pursuant to this Section 4.01(a)(ii); and

                (iii) each Class B Certificateholder shall have the right (which
         shall not expire upon any purchase of the Class A-1 Certificates or the
         Class A-2 Certificates pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above) to
         purchase all, but not less than all, of the Class A-1 Certificates and
         the Class A-2 Certificates upon ten days' prior written notice to the
         Trustee, the Class A-2 Trustee and each other Class B
         Certificateholder, provided that (A) if prior to the end of such
         ten-day period any other Class B Certificateholder notifies such
         purchasing Class B Certificateholder that such other Class B
         Certificateholder wants to participate in such purchase, then such
         other Class B Certificateholder may join with the purchasing Class B
         Certificateholder to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Class
         A-1 Certificates and the Class A-2 Certificates pro rata based on the
         Fractional Undivided Interest in the Class B Trust held by each such
         Class B Certificateholder and (B) if prior to the end of such ten-day
         period any other Class B Certificateholder fails to notify the
         purchasing Class B Certificateholder of such other Class B
         Certificateholder's desire to participate in such a purchase, then such
         other Class B Certificateholder shall lose its right to purchase the
         Class A-1 Certificates and the Class A-2 Certificates pursuant to this
         Section 4.01(a)(iii); and

                (iv) each Class C Certificateholder shall have the right (which
         shall not expire upon any purchase of the Class A-1 Certificates or the
         Class A-2 Certificates pursuant to


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         clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above) to purchase all, but not less than
         all, of the Class A-1 Certificates, the Class A-2 Certificates and the
         Class B Certificates upon ten days' prior written notice to the
         Trustee, the Class A-2 Trustee, the Class B Trustee and each other
         Class C Certificateholder, provided that (A) if prior to the end of
         such ten-day period any other Class C Certificateholder notifies such
         purchasing Class C Certificateholder that such other Class C
         Certificateholder wants to participate in such purchase, then such
         other Class C Certificateholder may join with the purchasing Class C
         Certificateholder to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Class
         A-1 Certificates, the Class A-2 Certificates and the Class B
         Certificates pro rata based on the Fractional Undivided Interest in the
         Class C Trust held by each such Class C Certificateholder and (B) if
         prior to the end of such ten-day period any other Class C
         Certificateholder fails to notify the purchasing Class C
         Certificateholder of such other Class C Certificateholder's desire to
         participate in such a purchase, then such other Class C
         Certificateholder shall lose its right to purchase the Class A-1
         Certificates, the Class A-2 Certificates and the Class B Certificates
         pursuant to this Section 4.01(a)(iv); and

                (v) each Class D Certificateholder (if Class D Certificates are
         issued) shall have the right (which shall not expire upon any purchase
         of the Class A-1 Certificates, the Class A-2 Certificates or the Class
         B Certificates pursuant to clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above) to
         purchase all, but not less than all, of the Class A-1 Certificates, the
         Class A-2 Certificates, the Class B Certificates and the Class C
         Certificates upon ten days' prior written notice to the Trustee, the
         Class A-2 Trustee, the Class B Trustee, the Class C Trustee and each
         other Class D Certificateholder, provided that (A) if prior to the end
         of such ten-day period any other Class D Certificateholder notifies
         such purchasing Class D Certificateholder that such other Class D
         Certificateholder wants to participate in such purchase, then such
         other Class D Certificateholder may join with the purchasing Class D
         Certificateholder to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Class
         A-1 Certificates, the Class A-2 Certificates, the Class B Certificates
         and the Class C Certificates pro rata based on the Fractional Undivided
         Interest in the Class D Trust held by each such Class D
         Certificateholder and (B) if prior to the end of such ten-day period
         any other Class D Certificateholder fails to notify the purchasing
         Class D Certificateholder of such other Class D Certificateholder's
         desire to participate in such a purchase, then such other Class D
         Certificateholder shall lose its right to purchase the Class A-1
         Certificates, the Class A-2 Certificates, the Class B Certificates and
         the Class C Certificates pursuant to this Section 4.01(a)(v).

                The purchase price with respect to the Class A-1 Certificates
shall be equal to the Pool Balance of the Class A-1 Certificates, together with
accrued and unpaid interest in respect thereof to the date of such purchase,
without premium, but including any other amounts then due and payable to the
Class A-1 Certificateholders under this Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement
or any Note Document or on or in respect of the Class A-1 Certificates;
provided, however, that if such purchase occurs after the Record Date relating
to any Distribution Date, such purchase price shall be reduced by the amount to
be distributed hereunder on such related Distribution Date (which deducted
amounts shall remain distributable to, and may be retained by, the Class A-1
Certificateholders as of such Record Date); provided, further that no such
purchase of Class A-1 Certificates pursuant to clause (iii), (iv) or (v) above
shall be effective unless the purchaser(s) shall certify to the Trustee that
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such purchaser(s) is purchasing, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the
Intercreditor Agreement, all of the Class A-1 Certificates, the Class A-2
Certificates, the Class B Certificates and the Class C Certificates that are
senior to the securities held by such purchaser(s). Each payment of the purchase
price of the Class A-1 Certificates referred to in the first sentence hereof
shall be made to an account or accounts designated by the Trustee and each such
purchase shall be subject to the terms of this Section 4.01(a). Each Class A-1
Certificateholder agrees by its acceptance of its Certificate that it will, upon
payment from such Class A-2 Certificateholder(s), Class B Certificateholder(s),
Class C Certificateholder(s) or Class D Certificateholder(s), as the case may
be, of the purchase price set forth in the first sentence of this paragraph,
forthwith sell, assign, transfer and convey to the purchaser(s) thereof (without
recourse, representation or warranty of any kind except as to its own acts) all
of the right, title, interest and obligation of such Class A-1 Certificateholder
in this Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Liquidity Facility, the Note
Documents and all Class A-1 Certificates held by such Class A-1
Certificateholder (excluding all right, title and interest under any of the
foregoing to the extent such right, title or interest is with respect to an
obligation not then due and payable as respects any action or inaction or state
of affairs occurring prior to such sale) and the purchaser(s) shall assume all
of such Class A-1 Certificateholder's obligations under this Agreement, the
Intercreditor Agreement, the Liquidity Facility, the Note Documents and all such
Class A-1 Certificates. The Class A-1 Certificates will be deemed to be
purchased on the date payment of the purchase price is made notwithstanding the
failure of any Class A-1 Certificateholder to deliver any Class A-1 Certificate
and, upon such a purchase, (i) the only rights of the Class A-1
Certificateholders will be to deliver the Class A-1 Certificates and (ii) if the
purchaser(s) shall so request, each such Class A-1 Certificateholder will comply
with all the provisions of Section 3.04 of the Basic Agreement to enable new
Class A-1 Certificates to be issued to the purchaser(s) in such denominations as
it shall request. All charges and expenses in connection with the issuance of
any such new Class A-1 Certificates shall be borne by the purchaser(s) thereof.

                As used in this Section 4.01(a), the terms "Class A-1
Certificateholder", "Class A-2 Certificate", "Class A-2 Certificateholder",
"Class A-2 Trust", "Class A-2 Trust Agreement", "Class A-2 Trustee", "Class B
Certificate", "Class B Certificateholder", "Class B Trust", "Class B Trustee",
"Class C Certificate", "Class C Certificateholder", "Class C Trust", "Class C
Trustee", "Class D Certificate", "Class D Certificateholder", "Class D Trust"
and "Class D Trustee" shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms
in the Intercreditor Agreement.

                (b) This Section 4.01 supplements and, to the extent
inconsistent with any provision of Section 6.01(a) of the Basic Agreement,
replaces the provisions of Section 6.01(a) of the Basic Agreement.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein or in any Operative
Agreement, the provisions of this Section 4.01 may not be amended in any manner
without the consent of each Class A-1 Certificateholder, Class A-2
Certificateholder, Class B Certificateholder, Class C Certificateholder or Class
D Certificateholder, if any, that would be adversely affected thereby.


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                                   ARTICLE V

                            MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

                Section 5.01 Final Termination Date. The respective obligations
and responsibilities of the Company and the Trustee created hereby and the Class
A-1 Trust created hereby shall terminate upon the distribution to all
Certificateholders of Class A-1 Certificates and the Trustee of all amounts
required to be distributed to them pursuant to this Agreement and the
disposition of all property held as part of the Trust Property; provided,
however, that in no event shall the Trust created hereby continue beyond the
expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of
Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., the father of John F. Kennedy, former President of the
United States, living on the date of this Trust Supplement.

                Section 5.02 Basic Agreement Ratified. Except and so far as
herein expressly provided, all of the provisions, terms and conditions of the
Basic Agreement are in all respects ratified and confirmed; and the Basic
Agreement and this Trust Supplement shall be taken, read and construed as one
and the same instrument.

                Section 5.03 Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT HAS BEEN DELIVERED IN
THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THIS AGREEMENT AND THE CLASS A-1 CERTIFICATES SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK,
INCLUDING ALL MATTERS OF CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY AND PERFORMANCE, AND THE
OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER AND THEREUNDER SHALL
BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.

                Section 5.04 Counterparts. This Trust Supplement may be executed
in any number of counterparts (and each of the parties shall not be required to
execute the same counterpart). Each counterpart of this Trust Supplement
including a signature page or pages executed by each of the parties hereto shall
be an original counterpart of this Trust Supplement, but all of such
counterparts together shall constitute one instrument.

                Section 5.05 Intention of Parties. The parties hereto intend
that the Class A-1 Trust be classified for United States federal income tax
purposes as a grantor trust under Part 1E of Chapter 1J of Subtitle A of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and not as a trust or association
taxable as a corporation or as a partnership. Each Certificateholder of a Class
A-1 Certificate, by its acceptance of its Class A-1 Certificate or a beneficial
interest therein, agrees to treat the Class A-1 Trust as a grantor trust for all
United States federal, state and local income tax purposes. The Trustee shall
not be authorized or empowered to do anything that would cause the Class A-1
Trust to fail to qualify as a grantor trust for such tax purposes (including as
subject to this restriction, acquiring any Aircraft by bidding the Equipment
Notes relating thereto or otherwise, or taking any action with respect to any
such Aircraft once acquired).


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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Trust
Supplement to be duly executed by their respective officers thereto duly
authorized as of the date first written above.


                        DELTA AIR LINES, INC.


                        By:
                               ----------------------------------------------
                               Name:       Joan Repetti
                               Title:      Director - Corporate Finance



                        STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY OF CONNECTICUT,
                        NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                        as Trustee


                        By:
                               ----------------------------------------------
                               Name:
                               Title:


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                                  EXHIBIT A to
                         TRUST SUPPLEMENT NO. 2000-1A-1

                               FORM OF CERTIFICATE

                *Unless this Certificate is presented by an authorized
representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"),
to Issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and
any Certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other
name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is
made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized
representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner
hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.

               DELTA AIR LINES, INC. PASS THROUGH TRUST 2000-1A-1

        7.379% DELTA AIR LINES PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATE, SERIES 2000-1A-1

             Final Expected Regular Distribution Date: May 18, 2010

                   evidencing a fractional undivided interest in a
                   Trust, the property of which includes or will
                   include, among other things, certain Equipment Notes
                   each secured by an Aircraft owned by Delta Air Lines,
                   Inc.

Certificate No. ______ $____________ Fractional Undivided     CUSIP No. 247367
                       Interest representing .000293174% of   AN5
                       the Trust per $1,000 face amount

                THIS CERTIFIES THAT ________, for value received, is the
registered owner of a $______ (______ dollars) Fractional Undivided Interest in
the Delta Air Lines Pass Through Trust, Series 2000-1A-1 (the "Trust") created
by STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY OF CONNECTICUT, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
trustee (the "Trustee"), pursuant to a Pass Through Trust Agreement, dated as of
November 16, 2000 (the "Basic Agreement"), as supplemented by Trust Supplement
No. 2000-1A-1 thereto dated November 16, 2000 (collectively, the "Agreement"),
between the Trustee and Delta Air Lines, Inc., a corporation incorporated under
Delaware law (the "Company"), a summary of certain of the pertinent provisions
of which is set forth below. To the extent not otherwise defined herein, the
capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the
Agreement. This Certificate is one of the duly authorized Certificates
designated as "7.379% Delta Air Lines Pass Through Certificates, Series
2000-1A-1" (herein called the "Certificates"). This Certificate is issued under
and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement. By
virtue of its acceptance hereof, the Certificateholder of this Certificate
assents to and agrees to be bound by all of the provisions of the Agreement and
the Intercreditor Agreement, including the


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* This legend to appear on Book-Entry Certificates to be deposited with The
Depositary Trust Company.


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subordination provisions of Section 9.09 of the Intercreditor Agreement. The
property of the Trust includes or will include certain Equipment Notes and all
rights of the Trust and the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, to receive any
payments under the Intercreditor Agreement or the Liquidity Facility (the "Trust
Property"). Each issue of the Equipment Notes is or will be secured by, among
other things, a security interest in certain Aircraft owned by the Company.

                The Certificates represent Fractional Undivided Interests in the

Trust and the Trust Property, and will have no rights, benefits or interest in
respect of any other separate trust established pursuant to the terms of the
Basic Agreement for any other series of certificates issued pursuant thereto.

                Subject to and in accordance with the terms of the Agreement and
the Intercreditor Agreement, from funds then available to the Trustee, there
will be distributed on each May 18 and November 18 (a "Regular Distribution
Date"), commencing on May 18, 2001, to the Person in whose name this Certificate
is registered at the close of business on the 15th day preceding the Regular
Distribution Date, an amount in respect of the Scheduled Payments on the
Equipment Notes due on such Regular Distribution Date, the receipt of which has
been confirmed by the Trustee, equal to the product of the percentage interest
in the Trust evidenced by this Certificate and an amount equal to the sum of
such Scheduled Payments. Subject to and in accordance with the terms of the
Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement, in the event that Special Payments on
the Equipment Notes are received by the Trustee, from funds then available to
the Trustee, there shall be distributed on the applicable Special Distribution
Date, to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered at the close of
business on the 15th day preceding the Special Distribution Date, an amount in
respect of such Special Payments on the Equipment Notes, the receipt of which
has been confirmed by the Trustee, equal to the product of the percentage
interest in the Trust evidenced by this Certificate and an amount equal to the
sum of such Special Payments so received. If a Regular Distribution Date or
Special Distribution Date is not a Business Day, distribution shall be made on
the immediately following Business Day with the same force and effect as if made
on such Regular Distribution Date or Special Distribution Date and no interest
shall accrue during the intervening period. The Trustee shall mail notice of
each Special Payment and the Special Distribution Date therefor to the
Certificateholder of this Certificate.

                Distributions on this Certificate will be made by the Trustee by
check mailed to the Person entitled thereto, without the presentation or
surrender of this Certificate or the making of any notation hereon, except that
with respect to Certificates registered on the Record Date in the name of a
Clearing Agency (or its nominee), such distributions shall be made by wire
transfer. Except as otherwise provided in the Agreement and notwithstanding the
above, the final distribution on this Certificate will be made after notice
mailed by the Trustee of the pendency of such distribution and only upon
presentation and surrender of this Certificate at the office or agency of the
Trustee specified in such notice.

                The Certificates do not represent a direct obligation of, or an
obligation guaranteed by, or an interest in, the Company, the Trustee or any
Loan Trustee or any Affiliate thereof. The Certificates are limited in right of
payment, all as more specifically set forth on the face hereof and in the
Agreement. All payments or distributions made to Certificateholders under the
Agreement shall be made only from the Trust Property and only to the extent that
the


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Trustee shall have sufficient income or proceeds from the Trust Property to
make such payments in accordance with the terms of the Agreement. Each
Certificateholder of this Certificate, by its acceptance hereof, agrees that it
will look solely to the income and proceeds from the Trust Property to the
extent available for any payment or distribution to such Certificateholder
pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and that it will not have any recourse to
the Company, the Trustee or the Loan Trustees except as otherwise expressly
provided in the Agreement, in any Note Document or in the Intercreditor
Agreement. This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Agreement and
reference is made to the Agreement for information with respect to the
interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds and duties evidenced hereby.
A copy of the Agreement may be examined during normal business hours at the
principal office of the Trustee, and at such other places, if any, designated by
the Trustee, by any Certificateholder upon request.

                The Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided,
the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Certificateholders under the Agreement at any time
by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Certificateholders
holding Certificates evidencing Fractional Undivided Interests aggregating not
less than a majority in interest in the Trust. Any such consent by the
Certificateholder of this Certificate shall be conclusive and binding on such
Certificateholder and upon all future Certificateholders of this Certificate and
of any Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in
lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent is made upon this
Certificate. The Agreement also permits the amendment thereof, in certain
limited circumstances, without the consent of the Certificateholders of any of
the Certificates.

                As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain limitations
set forth therein, the transfer of this Certificate is registrable in the
Register upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the
offices or agencies maintained by the Trustee in its capacity as Registrar, or
by any successor Registrar duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument
of transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and the Registrar, duly executed
by the Certificateholder hereof or such Certificateholder's attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of authorized
denominations evidencing the same aggregate Fractional Undivided Interest in the
Trust will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

                The Certificates are issuable only as registered Certificates
without coupons in minimum denominations of $1,000 Fractional Undivided Interest
and integral multiples thereof except that one Certificate may be issued in a
different denomination. As provided in the Agreement and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the Certificates are exchangeable for new
Certificates of authorized denominations evidencing the same aggregate
Fractional Undivided Interest in the Trust, as requested by the
Certificateholder surrendering the same.

                No service charge will be made for any such registration of
transfer or exchange, but the Trustee shall require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

                The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and any Paying Agent
shall deem and treat the person in whose name this Certificate is registered as
the owner hereof for all purposes,


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and none of the Company, the Trustee, the Registrar or any such agent shall be
affected by any notice to the contrary.

                The obligations and responsibilities created by the Agreement
and the Trust created thereby shall terminate upon the distribution to
Certificateholders of all amounts required to be distributed to them pursuant to
the Agreement and the disposition of all property held as part of the Trust
Property.

                  Any Person acquiring or accepting this Certificate or an
interest herein will, by such acquisition or acceptance, be deemed to represent
and warrant to the Company, the Loan Trustees and the Trustee that either: (i)
no assets of an employee benefit plan subject to Title I of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), or of an employee
benefit plan or an individual retirement account subject to Section 4975 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), or any trust established
under such plan or account, have been used to purchase this Certificate or an
interest herein or (ii) the purchase and holding of this Certificate or interest
herein by such Person are exempt from the prohibited transaction restrictions of
ERISA and the Code pursuant to one or more prohibited transaction statutory or
administrative exemptions.

                  THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, INCLUDING ALL
MATTERS OF CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY AND PERFORMANCE, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS
AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES AND CERTIFICATEHOLDERS HEREUNDER AND THEREUNDER
SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.

                Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Trustee, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid for any purpose.


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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has caused this Certificate to
be duly executed.

                                        DELTA AIR LINES, INC. PASS THROUGH
                                        TRUST 2000-1A-1


                                        By:    STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST
                                               COMPANY OF CONNECTICUT,
                                               NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                               as Trustee



                                        By:
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Title:
Dated:



              FORM OF THE TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

                This is one of the Certificates referred to in the within-
mentioned Agreement.


                                        STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST
                                        COMPANY OF CONNECTICUT,
                                        NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                        as Trustee


                                        By:
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Authorized Officer


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                                  EXHIBIT B to
                         TRUST SUPPLEMENT NO. 2000-1A-1


                         [DTC Letter of Representations]

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                                 SCHEDULE I-A to
                         TRUST SUPPLEMENT NO. 2000-1A-1

                        EQUIPMENT NOTE PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS
                           Series A-1 Equipment Notes



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                                 SCHEDULE I-B to
                         TRUST SUPPLEMENT NO. 2000-1A-1

                   AGGREGATE EQUIPMENT NOTE PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS


DATE                                          SCHEDULED PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS
----                                          ----------------------------


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                                 SCHEDULE II to
                         TRUST SUPPLEMENT NO. 2000-1A-1


                                EQUIPMENT NOTES,
                        PRINCIPAL AMOUNTS AND MATURITIES


EQUIPMENT NOTES             PRINCIPAL AMOUNT                   MATURITY
---------------             ----------------                   --------


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                                 SCHEDULE III to
                         TRUST SUPPLEMENT NO. 2000-1A-1

                                    AIRCRAFT


             AIRCRAFT TYPE                         REGISTRATION NUMBER
             -------------                         -------------------

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                                 SCHEDULE IV to
                         TRUST SUPPLEMENT NO. 2000-1A-1


                                 NOTE DOCUMENTS


                                 AIRCRAFT
                               REGISTRATION
 AIRCRAFT                         NUMBER                         NOTE DOCUMENTS
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