Delta Offers 2,500 Bonus Miles - and New Low Fares - on Every Shuttle Flight

May 26, 2009

ATLANTA, May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) is offering Delta SkyMiles and Northwest WorldPerks members 2,500 bonus miles for each flight segment purchased and flown on the Delta Shuttle between New York City and Boston or Washington, D.C. from May 26 through July 26, 2009.

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To participate in this offer, SkyMiles members must register at delta.com/shuttlebonus. WorldPerks members must register at nwa.com/offers/deltashuttle. The bonus is in addition to the standard 500 SkyMiles or WorldPerks earned for each Shuttle flight traveled.

"With the Delta Shuttle, SkyMiles and WorldPerks members can now enjoy great savings and earn 2,500 miles for each flight which can be redeemed for travel anywhere Delta flies worldwide," said Jeff Robertson, Delta's vice president of Loyalty Programs.

Members will receive 5,000 miles for each round-trip Shuttle purchase or 2,500 miles when they buy a one-way fare. In addition, last week Delta began offering Shuttle fares up to 60 percent cheaper than previous walk-up prices. Delta operates more than a dozen daily flights between both New York and Boston and New York and Washington, D.C.

Delta Shuttle customers traveling from New York depart from the historic Marine Air Terminal at LaGuardia Airport, the most convenient terminal for business travelers, with the on-site PowerStop™ business center offered in partnership with American Express®. Through this comfortable, state-of-the-art business center, customers can:

connect at workstations equipped with power outlets and wireless high-speed Internet access; use personal computers, copy and fax machines, VIP lounge and a conference room; and relax in new furniture in a comfortable setting.

Members may redeem miles earned from this promotion for Award Travel on Delta, Northwest and its partner airlines via delta.com to more than 16,000 destinations. More information on the SkyMiles program is available at delta.com/skymiles.

The award-winning Delta SkyMiles® program offers members multiple mileage-earning opportunities when flying Delta, Delta Shuttle®, the Delta Connection® carriers, Delta AirElite® and other SkyTeam® airlines. Additional mileage-building opportunities are offered through more than 100 partners such as the Delta SkyMiles Credit Card from American Express, participating hotels, car rental companies, the SkyMiles Store, restaurants, SkyMilesShopping.com, floral and gift retailers and more. Now in its 28th year, SkyMiles is one of the longest-running and most successful loyalty programs in the travel industry. It was named "Best Domestic Frequent Flyer program" for 2007 and 2008 by readers of Executive Traveler magazine and "Best Frequent Flyer Program" for 2006 and 2007 by Business Traveler magazine.

Delta Air Lines is the world's largest airline. From its hubs in Atlanta, Cincinnati, Detroit, Memphis, Minneapolis-St. Paul, New York-JFK, Salt Lake City, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Amsterdam and Tokyo-Narita, Delta, its Northwest subsidiary and Delta Connection carriers offer service to 370 destinations in 66 countries and serve more than 170 million passengers each year. Delta's marketing alliances allow customers to earn and redeem either SkyMiles or WorldPerks on more than 16,000 daily flights offered by SkyTeam and other partners. Delta's more than 70,000 employees worldwide are reshaping the aviation industry as the only U.S. airline to offer a full global network. Customers can check in for flights, print boarding passes, check bags and flight status at delta.com.

A portion of travel for some itineraries may be on the Delta Connection® carrier Shuttle America.

Up to 60% discount based on refundable, economy class, walk-up fares with no minimum stay available at delta.com on May 5, 2009

Terms and Conditions

Eligibility: To participate in this offer, eligible members must register online at delta.com/shuttlebonus or nwa.com/offers/deltashuttle between May 26, 2009 and July 26, 2009.

Bonus Offer:

Purchase and fly on Delta and Delta Connection carrier marketed and operated nonstop Shuttle flights between New York/LGA and Boston/BOS or Washington Reagan National/DCA and earn 2,500 bonus miles on each flight segment (F/A/J/C/D/S/I/Y/B/M/H/Q/K/L/U/T fare classes). Other Delta and Northwest-marketed codeshare flights are excluded from this offer. Travel must be between May 26, 2009 and July 26, 2009. All travel must be completed by July 26, 2009.

Miscellaneous: Your Bonus Miles will appear automatically on your SkyMiles or WorldPerks statement. Allow up to six weeks after qualifying travel is completed for credit to appear. All SkyMiles and WorldPerks program rules apply. To review the rules, please visit delta.com/memberguide or nwa.com/worldperks/program. Offer is void where prohibited by law. This SkyMiles and WorldPerks offer is subject to change or withdrawal at any time without prior notice. This offer cannot be combined with other Delta/Northwest/SkyTeam offers. Please refer customer service representative to 970632. © 2009 Delta Air Lines, Inc.

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Wittenborg University offers new Entrepreneurial programme

Wittenborg University of Applied Sciences has started to offer new Entrepreneurial Business Administration (EBA) Bachelor programme. Recently this programme was accredited by the Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation (FIBAA).

This IBA spesialisation is designed for the students, who wish to combine higher education with starting their own business. Since the beginning of the programme students start to gain essential skills and knowledge of entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship in business, develop leadership qualities and abilities to solve complex cases, learn to communicate in the multilingual environment, and explore every topic related to administration in business.

Study curriculum of the programme also includes lectures, delivered by guest entrepreneurs from The Netherlands, Europe, North America, and Asia, which make students familiar with the best business practises. Students then apply gained knowledge to their business projects in order to achieve desired goals and become experienced and competent entrepreneurs.

Taking into account every characteristic of this programme, accrediting organisation made the following conclusion:

“The FIBAA panel members see the strength of the programme in its positioning in the educational market, the internationality of teaching staff, the use of languages in the programme, the cooperation with enterprises, the selection procedure for applicants to the programme, in the additional learning opportunities, in the consideration of teamwork and conflict handling in the curriculum, the use of practical projects and guest lecturers, the business and teaching experience of teaching staff, coaching and support of students and teaching staff, in the facilities at Wittenborg, and with regard to external evaluations.”

Similar to other IBA programmes of Wittenborg University, EBA specialisation has 6 entry points through the year. For the first time this programme will start in September, 2013. Student, who want to switch to this specialisation, can do it with all credits transferred. Tuition fee of the Wittenborg Bachelor IBA programmes for the 2013-2014 year is set to € 6300 per year.

For more information about application for the EBA programme, please contact Wittenborg admission office: admission@wittenborg.eu.

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