Delta Air Lines (DAL) Long-Term Debt Repayments (2010 - 2026)
Delta Air Lines posted quarterly Long-Term Debt Repayments of $1.6 billion for Q1 2026, up 194.54% year-on-year from $531.0 million in Q1 2025, and up 74.55% on a QoQ basis from $896.0 million in Q4 2025.
Delta Air Lines (DAL) has 17 years of Long-Term Debt Repayments data on file, last reported at $1.6 billion in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Long-Term Debt Repayments rose 194.54% year-over-year to $1.6 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $5.9 billion (up 55.36% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $4.8 billion, up 22.11% from the prior year.
- Long-Term Debt Repayments for Q1 2026 stood at $1.6 billion, up from $896.0 million in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Long-Term Debt Repayments topped out at $2.9 billion in Q2 2025 and bottomed at $262.0 million in Q3 2024.
- The 5-year median for Long-Term Debt Repayments is $952.0 million (2022), against an average of $1.1 billion.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Long-Term Debt Repayments tumbled 75.2%; it then jumped 327.15% in 2024.
- A 5-year view of Long-Term Debt Repayments shows it stood at $285.0 million in 2022, then rose by 26.67% to $361.0 million in 2023, then surged by 327.15% to $1.5 billion in 2024, then plunged by 41.89% to $896.0 million in 2025, then soared by 74.55% to $1.6 billion in 2026.
- The last three Long-Term Debt Repayments figures came in at $1.6 billion (Q1 2026), $896.0 million (Q4 2025), and $459.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Long-Term Debt Repayments (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Delta Air Lines | 53.78 Bn | 48.72 Bn | 15.19 Bn | 1.56 Bn |
| 2 | Southwest Airlines | 21.39 Bn | 18.06 Bn | 6.21 Bn | - |
| 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 | 340.00 Mn |
| 6 | Skywest | 3.43 Bn | 2.80 Bn | 924.11 Mn | 116.20 Mn |
| 7 | Copa Holdings | 3.33 Bn | 1.99 Bn | 713.71 Mn | - |
| 8 | Jetblue Airways | 2.03 Bn | -140.72 Mn | 1.87 Bn | 112.00 Mn |
| 9 | Allegiant Travel | 1.67 Bn | 765.78 Mn | 651.87 Mn | 29.41 Mn |
| 10 | Frontier Group Holdings | 1.39 Bn | 618.26 Mn | 724.00 Mn | 83.00 Mn |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 1.56 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 1.56 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 896.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 896.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 459.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 459.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 2.94 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 2.94 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 531.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 531.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.54 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.54 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 262.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 262.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.44 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.44 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 712.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 712.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 361.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 361.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 724.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 724.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 1.82 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 1.82 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 1.17 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 1.17 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 285.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 285.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 1.80 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 1.80 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 952.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 952.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 1.44 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 1.44 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.15 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.15 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 1.55 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 1.55 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 450.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 450.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 1.78 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 1.78 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 6.24 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 6.24 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 606.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 606.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 474.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 474.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 1.24 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 1.24 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 515.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 515.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 355.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 355.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 1.17 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 1.17 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 300.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 300.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 311.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 311.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 648.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 648.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 1.85 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 1.85 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 244.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 244.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 439.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 439.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 255.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 255.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 276.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 276.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 288.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 288.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 306.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 306.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 254.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 254.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 690.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 690.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 459.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 459.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 407.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 407.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 1.52 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 1.52 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 333.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 333.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 301.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 301.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2014 | 443.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2014 | 443.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 1.01 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 1.01 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 1.07 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 1.07 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2014 | 412.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2014 | 412.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 493.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 493.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 347.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 347.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2013 | 322.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2013 | 322.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2013 | 299.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2013 | 299.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 1.45 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 1.45 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2012 | 669.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2012 | 669.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 374.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 374.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 367.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 367.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 746.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 746.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 1.03 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 1.03 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2011 | 2.85 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2011 | 2.85 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2011 | -460.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2011 | -460.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2010 | 1.18 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2010 | 1.18 Bn |