Delta Air Lines (DAL) Research & Development (2009 - 2026)
Delta Air Lines posted quarterly Research & Development of $649.0 million for Q1 2026, up 5.87% year-on-year from $613.0 million in Q1 2025, and up 1.41% on a QoQ basis from $640.0 million in Q4 2025.
Delta Air Lines (DAL) has 18 years of Research & Development data on file, last reported at $649.0 million in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Research & Development rose 5.87% year-over-year to $649.0 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $2.6 billion (up 8.33% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $2.6 billion, up 9.66% from the prior year.
- Research & Development for Q1 2026 stood at $649.0 million, up from $640.0 million in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Research & Development topped out at $651.0 million in Q2 2025 and bottomed at $491.0 million in Q1 2022.
- The 5-year median for Research & Development is $559.0 million (2023), against an average of $575.3 million.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Research & Development soared 31.02%; it then dropped 1.61% in 2024.
- A 5-year view of Research & Development shows it stood at $504.0 million in 2022, then climbed by 6.35% to $536.0 million in 2023, then increased by 11.38% to $597.0 million in 2024, then climbed by 7.2% to $640.0 million in 2025, then rose by 1.41% to $649.0 million in 2026.
- The last three Research & Development figures came in at $649.0 million (Q1 2026), $640.0 million (Q4 2025), and $649.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | R&D (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Delta Air Lines | 53.78 Bn | 48.72 Bn | 15.19 Bn | 649.00 Mn |
| 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 | - |
| 6 | Skywest | 3.43 Bn | 2.80 Bn | 924.11 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 | - |
| 9 | Allegiant Travel | 1.67 Bn | 765.78 Mn | 651.87 Mn | - |
| 10 | Frontier Group Holdings | 1.39 Bn | 618.26 Mn | 724.00 Mn | - |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 649.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 640.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 649.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 651.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 613.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 597.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 600.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 580.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 550.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 536.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 546.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 559.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 559.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 504.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 528.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 528.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 491.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 478.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 453.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 403.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 401.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 380.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 290.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 338.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 577.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2019 | -540.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2019 | -360.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2019 | -360.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2019 | -355.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 852.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 885.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 863.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 838.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 877.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 887.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 838.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 864.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 226.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 1.12 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 1.10 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 1.01 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 1.02 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 1.07 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 1.10 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 1.05 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2014 | 1.20 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 1.35 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 1.36 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2014 | 1.32 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 1.37 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 1.46 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2013 | 1.44 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2013 | 1.40 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 1.41 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2012 | 1.45 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 1.42 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 1.38 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 1.33 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 1.43 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2011 | 1.41 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2011 | 1.30 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2010 | 1.18 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2010 | 1.24 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2010 | 972.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2010 | 917.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2009 | 941.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2009 | 1.01 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2009 | 965.00 Mn |