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

Delta Air Lines (DAL) has 18 years of Other Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $13.8 billion in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Other Operating Expenses rose 14.86% year-over-year to $13.8 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $53.2 billion (up 5.7% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $51.4 billion, up 2.5% from the prior year.
• Other Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 stood at $13.8 billion, up from $13.0 billion in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Other Operating Expenses topped out at $13.8 billion in Q1 2026 and bottomed at $9.1 billion in Q1 2022.
• The 5-year median for Other Operating Expenses is $12.0 billion (2025), against an average of $12.1 billion.
• The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Other Operating Expenses soared 106.49%; it then fell 0.48% in 2024.
• A 5-year view of Other Operating Expenses shows it stood at $10.9 billion in 2022, then increased by 7.26% to $11.7 billion in 2023, then increased by 6.51% to $12.4 billion in 2024, then increased by 4.34% to $13.0 billion in 2025, then grew by 6.23% to $13.8 billion in 2026.
• The last three Other Operating Expenses figures came in at $13.8 billion (Q1 2026), $13.0 billion (Q4 2025), and $13.4 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

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