Delta Air Lines offers the "SkyWish Charity Program," which allows members of its "SkyMiles" frequent flyer program to donate their miles to non-profit organizations. Non-profit organizations that partner with SkyWish use the miles donated by customers to redeem award travel on Delta and its partner airlines to support their activities overseas. In 2025, a total of 4,990,035 miles were donated to five Japan-based organizations.

This program has been utilized by many schools as part of their social contribution education during school trips and training excursions. Since the integration of the programs following the merger of Delta Air Lines and the former Northwest Airlines in 2009, a total of 11,881 students have donated miles over the 14-year period through 2025, amounting to a cumulative total of 83,326,185 miles.

Notably, Shukutoku Yono High School and Miyagi Meisen Gakuen have long encouraged their students to donate miles earned during their training trips to SkyWish partner organizations. In 2025, 195 students from Shukutoku Yono High School donated 936,780 miles to "JHP - Schools for the World," and 74 students from Miyagi Meisen Gakuen donated 495,796 miles to the "Make-A-Wish of Japan Foundation."

Akinori Yokosawa, Delta Air Lines' Managing Director for Japan, presented a plaque of appreciation for last year's donations at Shukutoku Yono High School and stated: "As an airline that connects the world, our mission is to 'connect' people and communities. Delta Air Lines is very proud to be able to connect Japanese non-profit organizations with schools and students who have a strong desire to contribute internationally, and to be involved in such wonderful activities."

Left: Akinori Yokosawa, Delta Air Lines' Managing Director for Japan, presenting a plaque of appreciation at Shukutoku Yono High School

The Japan-based partner organizations for the "SkyWish" program are as follows:

Association for Aid and Relief, Japan (AAR Japan) https://aarjapan.gr.jp/

JHP - Schools for the World https://www.jhp.or.jp/index.html

Make-A-Wish of Japan http://www.mawj.org/

Save the Children Japan https://www.savechildren.or.jp/

BHN Support Association https://www.bhn.or.jp/

SkyMiles members can select a partner organization and donate miles via the Delta Air Lines website. Miles can be donated in increments starting from 1,000 miles. For more details, please visit the SkyMiles member page on delta.com.

https://www.delta.com/us/en/skymiles/how-to-use-miles/buy-gift-transfer-donate-miles

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