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PayPal Adds Delta Air Lines to List of Merchants

SAN JOSE, Calif.--PayPal has added Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) to its long list of merchants that accept PayPal payments for online sales. Customers booking travel at delta.com now have the option to use their secure PayPal accounts when purchasing new airline tickets.

We are excited to add Delta Air Lines, one of the most established airlines in the world, to our growing stable of travel merchants, said Tyler Hoffman, senior director of merchant services at PayPal. Many of our customers already book their international and domestic travel with Deltas award winning Web site, delta.com, and are excited to now have the option of using their PayPal accounts to do so.

With more than 60 million active accounts, PayPal provides consumers with a safer, easier way to pay for items and services online. With a PayPal account, Delta customers can choose from several different payment options to fund transactions, including PayPal account balance, bank account, debit cards, and credit cards, all while keeping their financial information private and secure.

PayPal provides additional payment flexibility that supports Deltas commitment to providing todays busy travelers with the ease, convenience, and value they demand. We already guarantee that customers will find our best published fares at delta.com, and PayPal brings them another great option to purchase tickets, said Josh Weiss, Deltas managing director responsible for delta.com and self-service products.

About Delta

Delta Air Lines operates service to more worldwide destinations than any airline with Delta and Delta Connection flights to 305 destinations in 58 countries. Delta has added more international capacity than any major U.S. airline during the last two years and is the leader across the Atlantic with flights to 38 trans-Atlantic markets. To Latin America and the Caribbean, Delta offers more than 478 weekly flights to 58 destinations. Delta's marketing alliances also allow customers to earn and redeem SkyMiles on nearly 16,409 flights offered by SkyTeam and other partners. Delta is a founding member of SkyTeam, a global airline alliance that provides customers with extensive worldwide destinations, flights and services.

Including its SkyTeam and worldwide codeshare partners, Delta offers flights to 474 worldwide destinations in 104 countries. Customers can check in for flights, print boarding passes and check flight status at delta.com.

About PayPal

PayPal is the safer, easier way to pay and get paid online. The service allows anyone to pay without sharing financial information and gives consumers the flexibility to pay in any way they prefer, including through credit cards, bank accounts or account balances. With more than 60 million active accounts in 190 markets and 17 currencies around the world, PayPal enables global ecommerce. PayPal is an eBay (Nasdaq:EBAY) company. More information about the company can be found at https://www.paypal.com.