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Delta Air Lines (DAL) EBIT (2009 - 2026)

Delta Air Lines posted quarterly EBIT of $501.0 million for Q1 2026, down 11.95% year-on-year from $569.0 million in Q1 2025, and down 65.85% on a QoQ basis from $1.5 billion in Q4 2025.

Delta Air Lines (DAL) has 18 years of EBIT data on file, last reported at $501.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, EBIT fell 11.95% year-over-year to $501.0 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $5.8 billion (down 3.29% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $5.8 billion, down 2.89% from the prior year.
  • EBIT for Q1 2026 stood at $501.0 million, down from $1.5 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBIT topped out at $2.5 billion in Q2 2023 and bottomed at -$783.0 million in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for EBIT is $1.5 billion (2025), against an average of $1.3 billion.
  • Peak annual rise in EBIT reached 458.94% in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 33.97% in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of EBIT shows it stood at $1.5 billion in 2022, then fell by 10.07% to $1.3 billion in 2023, then advanced by 29.88% to $1.7 billion in 2024, then dropped by 14.56% to $1.5 billion in 2025, then plunged by 65.85% to $501.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three EBIT figures came in at $501.0 million (Q1 2026), $1.5 billion (Q4 2025), and $1.7 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBIT (Qtr)
1 Delta Air Lines 53.78 Bn 48.72 Bn 15.19 Bn 501.00 Mn
2 Southwest Airlines 21.39 Bn 18.06 Bn 6.21 Bn 330.00 Mn
3 Grupo Aeromexico, S.A.B. de C.V 18.50 Bn 17.47 Bn -239.00 Mn 142.00 Mn
4 Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.B. de C.V 8.98 Bn 8.98 Bn - -21.00 Mn
5 Alaska Air 5.26 Bn 3.49 Bn 3.20 Bn -279.00 Mn
6 Skywest 3.43 Bn 2.80 Bn 924.11 Mn 123.69 Mn
7 Copa Holdings 3.33 Bn 1.99 Bn 713.71 Mn 209.59 Mn
8 Jetblue Airways 2.03 Bn -140.72 Mn 1.87 Bn -224.00 Mn
9 Allegiant Travel 1.67 Bn 765.78 Mn 651.87 Mn 81.10 Mn
10 Frontier Group Holdings 1.39 Bn 618.26 Mn 724.00 Mn -283.00 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 501.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 1.47 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 1.68 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 2.10 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 569.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 1.72 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 1.40 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 2.27 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 614.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 1.32 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 1.98 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 2.49 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 -277.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 1.47 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 1.46 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 1.52 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 -783.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 263.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 2.21 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 816.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 -1.40 Bn
Dec 31, 2020 -858.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 -6.39 Bn
Jun 30, 2020 -4.82 Bn
Mar 31, 2020 -410.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 1.40 Bn
Sep 30, 2019 2.07 Bn
Jun 30, 2019 2.13 Bn
Mar 31, 2019 1.02 Bn
Dec 31, 2018 1.09 Bn
Sep 30, 2018 1.65 Bn
Jun 30, 2018 1.68 Bn
Mar 31, 2018 844.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 1.16 Bn
Sep 30, 2017 1.82 Bn
Jun 30, 2017 1.98 Bn
Mar 31, 2017 999.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 1.02 Bn
Sep 30, 2016 1.97 Bn
Jun 30, 2016 2.42 Bn
Mar 31, 2016 1.54 Bn
Dec 31, 2015 1.72 Bn
Sep 30, 2015 2.21 Bn
Jun 30, 2015 2.47 Bn
Mar 31, 2015 1.40 Bn
Dec 31, 2014 -828.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 835.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 1.58 Bn
Mar 31, 2014 620.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 701.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2013 1.56 Bn
Jun 30, 2013 914.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 222.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 352.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2012 1.31 Bn
Jun 30, 2012 134.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 382.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2011 726.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2011 860.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2011 481.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2011 -92.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2010 294.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2010 1.00 Bn
Jun 30, 2010 852.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2010 68.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2009 -46.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2009 204.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2009 1.00 Mn