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Delta Air Lines, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/18 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Thursday, 7/12/18, at 4:24pm ET   ·   For:  6/30/18   ·   Accession #:  27904-18-16   ·   File #:  1-05424

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 7/12/18  Delta Air Lines, Inc.             10-Q        6/30/18   75:9.6M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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 2: EX-10.1     Material Contract                                   HTML    591K 
 3: EX-10.2     Material Contract                                   HTML     30K 
 4: EX-15       Letter re: Unaudited Interim Financial Info         HTML     22K 
 5: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
 6: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
 7: EX-32       Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
14: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     40K 
15: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)             HTML    143K 
16: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)             HTML     46K 
                (Parentheticals)                                                 
17: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML    105K 
                and Comprehensive Income (Unaudited)                             
18: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML     77K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
19: R6          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     90K 
20: R7          Revenue Recognition                                 HTML    104K 
21: R8          Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     70K 
22: R9          Investments                                         HTML     38K 
23: R10         Derivatives and Risk Management                     HTML    107K 
24: R11         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML     97K 
25: R12         Employee Benefit Plans                              HTML     60K 
26: R13         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     47K 
27: R14         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss                HTML     54K 
28: R15         Segments                                            HTML    121K 
29: R16         Restructuring                                       HTML     29K 
30: R17         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     45K 
31: R18         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     89K 
                (Policies)                                                       
32: R19         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     72K 
                (Tables)                                                         
33: R20         Revenue Recognition (Tables)                        HTML     84K 
34: R21         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     60K 
35: R22         Investments (Tables)                                HTML     28K 
36: R23         Derivatives and Risk Management (Tables)            HTML    101K 
37: R24         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML     93K 
38: R25         Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)                     HTML     60K 
39: R26         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     38K 
40: R27         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Tables)       HTML     54K 
41: R28         Segments (Tables)                                   HTML    120K 
42: R29         Restructuring (Tables)                              HTML     28K 
43: R30         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     45K 
44: R31         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     72K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
45: R32         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML    103K 
                Impact of Recently Adopted Standards (Details)                   
46: R33         Revenue Recognition - Passenger Revenue (Details)   HTML     34K 
47: R34         Revenue Recognition - Narrative (Details)           HTML     29K 
48: R35         Revenue Recognition - Frequent Flyer Liability      HTML     32K 
                (Details)                                                        
49: R36         Revenue Recognition - Passenger Revenue by          HTML     37K 
                Geographic Region (Details)                                      
50: R37         Revenue Recognition - Other Revenue (Details)       HTML     35K 
51: R38         Fair Value Measurements - Schedule of Fair Value    HTML     78K 
                Measurements on a Recurring Basis (Details)                      
52: R39         Fair Value Measurements - Narrative (Details)       HTML     30K 
53: R40         Investments - Schedule of maturities for            HTML     33K 
                short-term investments (Details)                                 
54: R41         Investments - Narrative (Details)                   HTML     41K 
55: R42         Derivatives and Risk Management - Narrative         HTML     54K 
                (Details)                                                        
56: R43         Derivatives and Risk Management - Hedge Position    HTML    113K 
                (Details)                                                        
57: R44         Derivatives and Risk Management - Offsetting        HTML     40K 
                Assets and Liabilities (Details)                                 
58: R45         Derivatives and Risk Management - Designated Hedge  HTML     30K 
                Gains (Losses) (Details)                                         
59: R46         Long-Term Debt - Summary of Long-Term Debt          HTML     98K 
                (Details)                                                        
60: R47         Long-Term Debt - Narrative (Details)                HTML     61K 
61: R48         Long-Term Debt - Schedule of Fair Value of Debt     HTML     33K 
                (Details)                                                        
62: R49         Employee Benefit Plans - Schedule of Benefit Plan   HTML     50K 
                Components (Details)                                             
63: R50         Commitments and Contingencies - Aircraft Purchase   HTML     39K 
                Commitments By Period (Details)                                  
64: R51         Commitments and Contingencies - Aircraft Purchase   HTML     38K 
                Commitments By Aircraft (Details)                                
65: R52         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss - Schedule of  HTML     60K 
                AOCI Components (Details)                                        
66: R53         Segments - Narrative (Details)                      HTML     28K 
67: R54         Segments - Schedule of Segment Reporting (Details)  HTML     57K 
68: R55         Restructuring - Schedule of Restructuring Charges   HTML     31K 
                (Details)                                                        
69: R56         Restructuring - Narrative (Details)                 HTML     25K 
70: R57         Earnings Per Share - Schedule of Computation for    HTML     46K 
                Earnings Per Share Types (Details)                               
71: R9999       Uncategorized Items - dal630201810q.htm             HTML     21K 
73: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    128K 
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72: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     75K 
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