EXHIBIT 10(d)

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Confidential Treatment requested by ASA Holdings, Inc., File No. 333-13071

                                 EXHIBIT 10(d)

                    Confidential treatment has been applied
                    for with respect to certain provisions
                    of this Exhibit, which provisions have 
                    been omitted from this Exhibit, marked 
                    with an asterisk [*] and filed separately
                    with the SEC
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                  AMENDMENT TO THE DELTA CONNECTION AGREEMENT


         This Amendment ("Amendment") effective 01 day of July, 1988, amends
the Delta Connection Agreement ("Agreement") between Delta Air Lines, Inc.
("Delta"), Xxxxxxxxxx Atlanta International Airport, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000 and
Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Inc. ("ASA"), 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxxxx 00000.

         This Amendment amends the above-referenced Agreement, and except as
expressly modified hereby the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect
and shall govern the performance, obligations and remedies of the parties.

         Delta and ASA hereby amend the Agreement as follows:

Article 3 is hereby amended to add the following as Paragraph D:

   
D.       ASA will pay Delta for all amounts paid by Delta to [*           
                                ] attributable to passengers booked on
         ASA flights who do not [*               ].  For purposes of computing 
         the amount of this payment, the number of ASA passengers who do not 
         [*                      ] in a given month will be divided by the 
         total number of ASA passengers, and the quotient will be multiplied 
         times the amount of the payment made to each [*     ] for the 
         applicable month. Payments due hereunder are applicable only to those
         [*          ] which now or in the future provide Delta with a 
         breakdown of ASA passengers booked. 
    


         This Amendment is effective on the date first written above and shall
remain in effect until the Agreement is terminated.

         The terms as defined in this Agreement shall have the same meaning as
in this Amendment.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment by their
undersigned duly authorized representatives.


ATLANTIC SOUTHEAST AIRLINES, INC.       DELTA AIR LINES, INC.
                                      
                                      
By:    /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxx               By: /s/ X. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx 
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       Senior Vice President                W. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Sales and Service                    Senior Vice President -
       ---------------------                Marketing