ACCRA, 30th May, 2012 - Delta Air Lines has awarded two return tickets to Washington, DC for the winner of the national Spelling Bee competition, Philemon Awan. The 12 year old Awan accompanied by his coach Ms. Evangeline Bortey, will travel to the U.S. to participate in the international finals to be held in Washington, DC in May.

'We congratulate Philemon for winning the competition in Ghana,' said Bobby Bryan, Delta's commercial manager for West and East Africa, 'This activity forms part of our support for education locally and highlights our continued investment in Ghana.'

Delta recently launched an Energy and Mining Desk to serve the special needs of the Oil and Gas industry in the country. Also, it introduced its full flat-bed Business Elite seats on all in it flights between Accra and the U.S besides pre-financing the construction of two new boarding gates at Accra Kotoka Airport to improve airport facilities.