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Delta Air Lines (DAL) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2025)

Delta Air Lines (DAL) has disclosed Free Cash Flow for 17 consecutive years, with -$1.6 billion as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Free Cash Flow fell 143.16% year-over-year to -$1.6 billion, compared with a TTM value of $3.8 billion through Dec 2025, down 45.66%, and an annual FY2025 reading of $3.8 billion, down 43.48% over the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow was -$1.6 billion for Q4 2025 at Delta Air Lines, down from $3.6 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Free Cash Flow topped out at $3.6 billion in Q4 2024 and bottomed at -$1.7 billion in Q4 2021.
  • Average Free Cash Flow over 5 years is $780.9 million, with a median of $894.5 million recorded in 2024.
  • Peak annual rise in Free Cash Flow hit 1528.96% in 2025, while the deepest fall reached 143.16% in 2025.
  • Year by year, Free Cash Flow stood at -$1.7 billion in 2021, then soared by 73.7% to -$455.0 million in 2022, then dropped by 18.68% to -$540.0 million in 2023, then soared by 768.89% to $3.6 billion in 2024, then crashed by 143.16% to -$1.6 billion in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Free Cash Flow for DAL at -$1.6 billion in Q4 2025, $3.6 billion in Q3 2025, and $648.0 million in Q2 2025.