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TableofContents
ITEM3.LEGALPROCEEDINGS
FirstBagFeeAntitrustLitigation
In2009,anumberofpurportedclassactionantitrustlawsuitswerefiledagainstDeltaandAirTranAirways(“AirTran”),allegingthatDeltaandAirTran
engagedincollusivebehaviorinviolationofSection1oftheShermanActinNovember2008baseduponcertainpublicstatementsmadeinOctober2008by
AirTran'sCEOatananalystconferenceconcerningfeesforthefirstcheckedbag,Delta'simpositionofafeeforthefirstcheckedbagonNovember4,2008and
AirTran'simpositionofasimilarfeeonNovember12,2008.Theplaintiffssoughttoassertclaimsonbehalfofanallegedclassconsistingofpassengerswhopaid
thefirstbagfeeafterDecember5,2008andseekinjunctivereliefandunspecifiedtrebledamages.Allofthesecaseshavebeenconsolidatedforpre-trial
proceedingsandremainpendingintheNorthernDistrictofGeorgia.Amotionforclasscertificationhasbeenfiled,butnoclasshasbeencertifiedtodate.Delta
believestheclaimsinthesecasesarewithoutmeritandisvigorouslydefendingtheselawsuits.Thedefendants'motionsforsummaryjudgmentarealsopending.
CapacityAntitrustLitigation
InJuly2015,anumberofpurportedclassactionantitrustlawsuitswerefiledallegingthatDelta,American,UnitedandSouthwesthadconspiredtorestrain
capacity.ThelawsuitswerefiledinthewakeofmediareportsthattheU.S.DepartmentofJusticehadservedcivilinvestigativedemandsuponthesecarriers
seekingdocumentsandinformationrelatingtothissubject.ThelawsuitshavebeenconsolidatedintoasingleMulti-DistrictLitigationproceedingintheU.S.
DistrictCourtfortheDistrictofColumbia.Deltabelievestheclaimsinthesecasesarewithoutmeritandisvigorouslydefendingtheselawsuits.
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Foradiscussionofcertainenvironmentalmatters,see“Business-RegulatoryMatters-EnvironmentalMatters”inItem1.
ITEM4.MINESAFETYDISCLOSURES
Notapplicable.
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