Case Nos. 05-17921 (pcb), 05-17922 (pcb), 05-17923 (pcb), 05-17924 (pcb), 05-17946 (pcb), 05-17931, 05-17935 (pcb), 05-17941 (pcb), 05-17928 (pcb), 05-17937 (pcb), 05-17942 (pcb), 05-17945 (pcb), 05-17926 (pcb), 05-17932 (pcb), 05-17939 (pcb), 05-17927 (pcb), 05-17936 (pcb), 05-17943 (pcb), 05-17947 (pcb).United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York.
September 14, 2005
ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 1015(b) OF THE FEDERAL RULES OF BANKRUPTCY PROCEDURE DIRECTING JOINT ADMINISTRATION OF CHAPTER 11 CASES
PRUDENCE BEATTY, Bankruptcy Judge
Upon the motion dated September 14, 2005 (the “Motion”)[1] of Delta Air Lines, Inc. and its above-captioned subsidiaries that are debtors and debtors in possession in these proceedings (collectively, the “Debtors”),[2] for an order pursuant to rule 1015(b) of the Bankruptcy Rules, directing the joint administration of the Debtors’ chapter 11 cases for procedural purposes only, as more fully described in the Motion; and upon consideration of the Declaration of Edward H. Bastian, pursuant to Rule 1007-2 of the Local Bankruptcy Rules for the Southern District of New York (the “Local Rules”) in Support of First-Day Motions and Applications, dated as of the Petition Date; and the Court having jurisdiction to consider the Motion and the relief requested therein pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1334 and the Standing Order of Referral of Cases to Bankruptcy Court
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Judges of the District Court for the Southern District of New York, dated July 10, 1984 (Ward, Acting C.J.); and consideration of the Motion and the relief requested therein being a core proceeding the Bankruptcy Court can determine pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 157(b)(2); and venue being proper before this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1408 and 1409; and due and proper notice of the Motion having been provided to the Office of the United States Trustee for the Southern District of New York, those creditors holding the five largest secured claims against the Debtors’ estates and those creditors holding the thirty largest unsecured claims against the Debtors’ estates, and it appearing that no other or further notice need be provided; and the relief requested in the Motion being in the best interests of the Debtors and their estates and creditors; and the Court having reviewed the Motion and having held a hearing with appearances of parties in interest noted in the transcript thereof (the “Hearing”); and the Court having determined that the legal and factual bases set forth in the Motion and at the Hearing establish just cause for the relief granted herein; and upon all the proceedings had before the Court and after due deliberation and sufficient cause appearing therefor, it is
ORDERED that the relief requested in the Motion is hereby granted; and it is further
ORDERED that the above-captioned chapter 11 cases are consolidated for procedural purposes only and shall be jointly administered by the Court; and it is further
ORDERED that nothing contained in this Order shall be deemed or construed as directing or otherwise affecting the substantive consolidation of any of the above-captioned cases; and it is further
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ORDERED that the caption of the jointly administered cases shall read as follows:
; and it is further
ORDERED that a docket entry shall be made in each of the above-captioned cases substantially as follows:
An Order has been entered in this case directing the procedural consolidation and joint administration of the chapter 11 cases of ASA Holdings, Inc.; Comair Holdings, LLC; Comair, Inc.; Comair Services, Inc.; Crown Rooms, Inc.; DAL Aircraft Trading, Inc.; DAL Global Services, LLC; DAL Moscow, Inc.; Delta AirElite Business Jets, Inc.; Delta Air Lines, Inc.; Delta Benefits Management, Inc.; Delta Connection Academy, Inc.; Delta Corporate Identity, Inc.; Delta Loyalty Management Services, LLC; Delta Technology, LLC; Delta Ventures III, LLC; Epsilon Trading, Inc.; Kappa Capital Management, Inc.; and Song, LLC. The docket in Case No. 05-17923 (pcb) should be consulted for all matters affecting this case.
; and it is further
ORDERED that notice of the Motion as provided therein shall be deemed good and sufficient notice of such Motion; and it is further
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ORDERED that the requirement pursuant to Local Rule 9013-1(b) that the Debtors file a memorandum of law in support of the Motion is hereby waived.