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
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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 |