Delta Expands China Route Application to Include Nonstop Flights Between Atlanta and Both Beijing, Shanghai More than 20,000 customers, employees, regional leaders and three giant pandas have already endorsed Delta’s application to offer routes between the U.S. Southeast and China. ATLANTA, July 16, 2007 – Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) is expanding its application with the U.S. Department of Transportation to operate the first and only nonstop flights between the U.S. Southeast and China to include nonstop flights between the world’s largest airline hub in Atlanta and both Beijing and Shanghai. Both routes would fill a critical gap in air service for the 65 million residents of the U.S. Southeast who currently lack nonstop air service to China. At an event held today at Zoo Atlanta, Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin joined representatives from the Atlanta Metro Chamber of Commerce and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to unveil a poster-sized copy of an online...