Delta Air Lines (DAL) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Delta Air Lines (DAL) has 18 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $15.4 billion in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Expenses rose 13.97% year-over-year to $15.4 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $59.4 billion (up 6.14% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $57.5 billion, up 3.4% from the prior year.
• Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 stood at $15.4 billion, up from $14.5 billion in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $15.4 billion in Q1 2026 and bottomed at $10.1 billion in Q1 2022.
• The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $13.5 billion (2025), against an average of $13.4 billion.
• The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Operating Expenses soared 95.01%; it then increased 0.75% in 2024.
• A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $12.0 billion in 2022, then increased by 7.82% to $12.9 billion in 2023, then increased by 7.29% to $13.8 billion in 2024, then advanced by 5.01% to $14.5 billion in 2025, then rose by 5.62% to $15.4 billion in 2026.
• The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $15.4 billion (Q1 2026), $14.5 billion (Q4 2025), and $15.0 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

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