AIAC SALUTES DELTA AIR LINES ON ITS CENTURY IN THE SKY WITH AN ORIGINAL MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO THE AIRLINE’S EMPLOYEES

Gina P. Loughlin, Vice President, Global Brand Communications for Delta, recently wrote to Mr. Levie: "I'm thrilled to share with you how we are showcasing your wonderful work at an upcoming employee event. Thank you for allowing us to add images of Delta employees to really bring the heart of your piece to life for our people."

AIAC Chairman L. M. Levie stated:

"Recently, I was crossing the Atlantic on a Delta flght and learned that Delta was celebrating its 100th anniversary. I then learned that this company had risen from one crop dusting plane in Lousiana to the largest airline fleet in the world. The enormity of this monumnetal achievement, in an indutry literally and figuratively filled with turbulence, struck me profoundly and inspired me to compose the poem which I entitled, To Those That Carry Delta Through the Skies and to share this with Ed Bastian, its CEO. His warm, enthusiastifc reaction led to my composing the music and orchestration. Delta's communications team truly breathed life into the piece with their exquise, inspriational video."

"A great airline is not built of aluminum, titanium, and jet fuel alone; it is built of people - of the hands that turn the wrench before dawn, the voices that welcome the weary traveler, and the crews who carry us safely home. For one hundred years, the men and women of Delta have done exactly that, turning the miracle of flight into an everyday act of care. They are to be commended highly for that noble effort."

"We at AIAC understand that calling, for the men and women of our companies are proud to manufacture the critical aerospace components and equipment that carry aviation and spaceflight alike toward the heavens. We make the precision engine fan blades, fusilage and internal structures and components unseen by the passenger, yet trusted by every soul aloft. We produce them not for glory, but because they must never fail: because the traveler must come home, because the astronaut must reach the stars, and because the promise of flight must be kept anew with every dawn. In this, we and Delta are bound by a single conviction - that to lift humanity higher is among the noblest of labors, and that those who build and fly the machines of the sky are keepers of a trust as old as the human longing to rise."

"It has been my privilege to set that century of devotion to music, and to offer this tribute, with admiration and affection, to every member of the Delta family who keeps the world aloft."

About Delta Air Lines

Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) is the world's largest and most awarded airline. The company traces its origins to 1925 and the crop-dusting enterprise Huff Daland Dusters in the American South, from which it grew into a global carrier; it flew its first passengers in 1929. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Delta today employs approximately 100,000 people worldwide and operates a global hub-and-spoke network centered on Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport - the world's busiest - with additional major U.S. hubs and a fleet of roughly 1,300 aircraft serving more than 300 destinations on six continents. A founding member of the SkyTeam global alliance, Delta is led by Chief Executive Officer Ed Bastian and is widely recognized for its people-first culture, operational reliability, and its "Keep Climbing" ethos. In 2025, Delta celebrated its 100th anniversary.

For further information, see: www.delta.com

About American Industrial Acquisition Corporation

American Industrial Acquisition Corporation (AIAC) is a diversified industrial group with manufacturing, distribution, and administrative sites in 24 countries in North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia-New Zealand. AIAC has acquired and grown non-core subsidiaries and divisions of Boeing, Siemens, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Johnson Controls, Merck, Pfizer, Astellas, Visteon, Carlyle, KKR, Ahlstrom, Novellis, Tolko, Groupe Suez, Groupe Rexel, and many other leading multinational corporations.

AIAC companies serve companies and governmental entities worldwide in all major sectors, including aviation, space, defense, automotive, truck, rail, marine, petrochemical, solar, nuclear, civil engineering, logistics, agriculture, infrastructure, commercial construction, mining, dredging, disaster relief, medical devices, and pharmaceuticals. In addition, AIAC companies are exclusive, authorized distributors of leading branded industrial products and serve as critical suppliers for the construction of major airports, schools, hospitals, performing arts and sports centers, offices and hotels throughout Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. AIAC is a major manufacturer of materials for green houses globally, building, street, and highway signage in Europe, and a distributor of electrical products throughout France.

Of note, AIAC purchased Boeing Canada in 2005 and has produced over 10,000 unique components for every Boeing jet plane ever since, reliably serving Boeing from manufacturing facilities in North America. A leader in ultra-high precision jet engine component manufacturing, AIAC companies produce 2,200 fan blades for each jet engine produced by GE, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls Royce, and Honeywell.

AIAC companies actively support exploration into outer space, manufacturing critical components for launching and propelling spacecraft and satellites. AIAC customers in this sector include NASA, SpaceX, the European Space Agency, Blue Origin, and Boeing. AIAC companies also lead in the design and manufacture of undersea umbilical cables for worldwide oceanographic research.

AIAC companies produce the critical automotive wire and cable for Tesla, GM, Ford, Chrysler-Fiat, Toyota, and Nissan and for the New York and Atlanta Subways. In connection with its kraft paper manufacturing interests in Canada and the US, AIAC sustainably manages 22 million acres of Manitoba, Canada forestland, an area equivalent in size to the nation of Hungary. AIAC affiliate, Metallwarenfabrik Gemmingen GmbH, located in Germany, designs, manufactures and distributes high performance, emergency portable power generators utilized in global conflict zones and during major natural disasters.

For further information, see: www.aiac.com

About AIAC Philanthropies

AIAC and the AIAC Foundation support a wide range of nonprofit, nonsectarian, bipartisan organizations which promote international conflict resolution, disaster relief, economic development, environmental sustainability, exploration, and the performing arts. The exploration-focused nonprofit organizations which they actively support include The Explorers Club, the National Geographic Society, the Royal Geographical Society, the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, Mission Blue, the Jane Goodall Institute, the American Museum of Natural History and the Hayden Planetarium, the Victoria & Albert Museum, the National Air and Space Museum, the National Space Society, and the United States Space Foundation.

AIAC Chairman L. M. Levie is a Member of the Board of Trustees of The Explorers Club, its Poet Laureate, and a Member of its Annual Dinner Committee. AIAC and its affiliates, Bradford Space, Canadian Kraft Paper Industries, SuperAlloy Manufacturing Solutions, and Champlain Cable are Partners of The Explorers Club and Sponsors of Oceans Week.

For further information, see: www.aiac.com | https://www.aiac.com/our-values

About The Explorers Club

The Explorers Club is an American-based, international, multidisciplinary professional society with the mission of promoting and supporting scientific exploration and field study on land, sea, and in outer space. The club was founded in New York City in 1904 and has served as a meeting point for explorers and scientists worldwide. Members of the club have been the first to explore the North Pole, South Pole, Mount Everest, the Mariana Trench, and to walk on the Moon. The club's notable current members or honorees include Buzz Aldrin, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Prince Albert II of Monaco, Princess Reema Bandar Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia, Grand Duke Guillaume V of Luxembourg, Sir Richard Branson, Ken Griffin, James Cameron, Ray Dalio, and Wendy Schmidt.

In years past, prominent members have included Sir Ernest Shackleton, President Theodore Roosevelt, Sir Edmund Hillary, Amelia Earhart, Neil Armstrong, John Glenn, Jim Lovell, Thor Heyerdahl, Walter Cronkite, Prince Philip - Duke of Edinburgh, and Jane Goodall. The Explorers Club's historic clubhouse, at 46 East 70th Street in New York City, is a museum and monument to the "Famous Firsts," the greatest explorers and expeditions of all time.

For further information, see: www.explorers.org

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