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Delta Air Lines (DAL) Capital Expenditures (2009 - 2026)

Delta Air Lines posted quarterly Capital Expenditures of $1.0 billion for Q1 2026, down 18.3% year-on-year from $1.2 billion in Q1 2025, and up 64.2% on a QoQ basis from $609.0 million in Q4 2025.

Delta Air Lines (DAL) has 18 years of Capital Expenditures data on file, last reported at $1.0 billion in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Capital Expenditures fell 18.3% year-over-year to $1.0 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $4.0 billion (down 42.25% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $3.5 billion, down 10.04% from the prior year.
  • Capital Expenditures for Q1 2026 stood at $1.0 billion, up from $609.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Capital Expenditures topped out at $3.0 billion in Q4 2024 and bottomed at -$565.0 million in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Capital Expenditures is $1.2 billion (2024), against an average of $1.1 billion.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Capital Expenditures sank 242.68%; it then soared 420.71% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Capital Expenditures shows it stood at $557.0 million in 2022, then soared by 396.05% to $2.8 billion in 2023, then gained by 9.59% to $3.0 billion in 2024, then slumped by 79.89% to $609.0 million in 2025, then soared by 64.2% to $1.0 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Capital Expenditures figures came in at $1.0 billion (Q1 2026), $609.0 million (Q4 2025), and $1.2 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Capital Expenditures (Qtr)
1 Delta Air Lines 53.78 Bn 48.72 Bn 15.19 Bn 1.00 Bn
2 Southwest Airlines 21.39 Bn 18.06 Bn 6.21 Bn 630.00 Mn
3 Grupo Aeromexico, S.A.B. de C.V 18.50 Bn 17.47 Bn -239.00 Mn -
4 Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.B. de C.V 8.98 Bn 8.98 Bn - -
5 Alaska Air 5.26 Bn 3.49 Bn 3.20 Bn 30.00 Mn
6 Skywest 3.43 Bn 2.80 Bn 924.11 Mn 14.05 Mn
7 Copa Holdings 3.33 Bn 1.99 Bn 713.71 Mn 1.44 Bn
8 Jetblue Airways 2.03 Bn -140.72 Mn 1.87 Bn 126.00 Mn
9 Allegiant Travel 1.67 Bn 765.78 Mn 651.87 Mn 45.43 Mn
10 Frontier Group Holdings 1.39 Bn 618.26 Mn 724.00 Mn 12.00 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 1.00 Bn
Mar 31, 2026 1.00 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 609.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 609.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 1.16 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 1.16 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 1.21 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 1.21 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 1.22 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 1.22 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 3.03 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 3.03 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 1.33 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 1.33 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 1.31 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 1.31 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 1.19 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 1.19 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 2.76 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 2.76 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 1.81 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 1.81 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 378.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 378.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 370.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 370.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 557.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 557.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 -565.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 -565.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 1.39 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 1.39 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 490.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 490.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 528.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 528.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 396.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 396.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 366.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 366.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 306.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 306.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 302.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 302.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 -65.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 -65.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 351.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 351.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 308.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 308.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 2.16 Bn
Dec 31, 2019 2.16 Bn
Sep 30, 2019 548.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 548.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 1.17 Bn
Jun 30, 2019 1.17 Bn
Mar 31, 2019 1.06 Bn
Mar 31, 2019 1.06 Bn
Dec 31, 2018 871.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 871.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 2.25 Bn
Sep 30, 2018 2.25 Bn
Jun 30, 2018 306.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 306.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 274.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 274.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 361.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 361.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 -466.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 -466.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 1.09 Bn
Jun 30, 2017 1.09 Bn
Mar 31, 2017 207.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 207.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 326.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 326.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 175.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 175.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 -491.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 -491.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 764.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 764.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 2.46 Bn
Dec 31, 2015 2.46 Bn
Sep 30, 2015 -693.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 -693.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 1.04 Bn
Jun 30, 2015 1.04 Bn
Mar 31, 2015 135.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 135.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 -592.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 -592.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 904.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 904.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 175.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 175.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 100.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 100.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 841.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 841.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2013 1.06 Bn
Sep 30, 2013 1.06 Bn
Jun 30, 2013 -307.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 -307.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 527.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 527.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 651.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 651.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2012 -64.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2012 -64.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2012 301.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2012 301.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 308.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 308.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2011 697.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2011 697.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2011 -271.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2011 -271.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2011 547.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2011 547.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2011 -66.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2011 -66.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2010 -466.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2010 -466.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2010 678.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2010 678.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2010 33.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2010 33.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2010 42.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2010 42.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2009 766.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2009 766.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2009 72.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2009 72.00 Mn