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Delta Air Lines (DAL) Total Debt (2009 - 2026)

Delta Air Lines posted quarterly Total Debt of $14.2 billion for Q1 2026, down 10.49% year-on-year from $15.8 billion in Q1 2025, and little changed on a QoQ basis from $14.1 billion in Q4 2025.

Delta Air Lines (DAL) has 18 years of Total Debt data on file, last reported at $14.2 billion in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Total Debt fell 10.49% year-over-year to $14.2 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $14.2 billion (down 10.49% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $14.1 billion, down 12.86% from the prior year.
  • Total Debt for Q1 2026 stood at $14.2 billion, roughly flat from $14.1 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Total Debt topped out at $25.6 billion in Q1 2022 and bottomed at $14.1 billion in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Total Debt is $19.4 billion (2024), against an average of $19.0 billion.
  • Peak annual rise in Total Debt reached 9.31% in 2024, while the deepest fall reached 19.25% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Total Debt shows it stood at $23.0 billion in 2022, then fell by 12.92% to $20.1 billion in 2023, then slipped by 19.25% to $16.2 billion in 2024, then retreated by 12.86% to $14.1 billion in 2025, then grew by 0.37% to $14.2 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Total Debt figures came in at $14.2 billion (Q1 2026), $14.1 billion (Q4 2025), and $14.9 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Total Debt (Qtr)
1 Delta Air Lines 53.78 Bn 48.72 Bn 15.19 Bn 14.16 Bn
2 Southwest Airlines 21.39 Bn 18.06 Bn 6.21 Bn 5.39 Bn
3 Grupo Aeromexico, S.A.B. de C.V 18.50 Bn 17.47 Bn -239.00 Mn 3.53 Bn
4 Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.B. de C.V 8.98 Bn 8.98 Bn - 394.00 Mn
5 Alaska Air 5.26 Bn 3.49 Bn 3.20 Bn 5.32 Bn
6 Skywest 3.43 Bn 2.80 Bn 924.11 Mn 2.41 Bn
7 Copa Holdings 3.33 Bn 1.99 Bn 713.71 Mn 1.98 Bn
8 Jetblue Airways 2.03 Bn -140.72 Mn 1.87 Bn 8.44 Bn
9 Allegiant Travel 1.67 Bn 765.78 Mn 651.87 Mn 1.79 Bn
10 Frontier Group Holdings 1.39 Bn 618.26 Mn 724.00 Mn 583.00 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 14.16 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 14.11 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 14.88 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 15.06 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 15.82 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 16.19 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 17.70 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 17.98 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 19.36 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 20.05 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 19.51 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 20.21 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 21.96 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 23.03 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 23.23 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 24.84 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 25.56 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 26.92 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 27.82 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 28.70 Bn
Mar 31, 2021 28.73 Bn
Dec 31, 2020 29.16 Bn
Sep 30, 2020 29.83 Bn
Jun 30, 2020 19.41 Bn
Mar 31, 2020 12.66 Bn
Dec 31, 2019 11.16 Bn
Sep 30, 2019 10.12 Bn
Jun 30, 2019 9.99 Bn
Mar 31, 2019 10.77 Bn
Dec 31, 2018 9.77 Bn
Sep 30, 2018 9.29 Bn
Jun 30, 2018 9.90 Bn
Mar 31, 2018 8.65 Bn
Dec 31, 2017 8.83 Bn
Sep 30, 2017 8.81 Bn
Jun 30, 2017 9.01 Bn
Mar 31, 2017 9.23 Bn
Dec 31, 2016 7.33 Bn
Sep 30, 2016 7.20 Bn
Jun 30, 2016 7.58 Bn
Mar 31, 2016 8.45 Bn
Dec 31, 2015 9.35 Bn
Sep 30, 2015 9.29 Bn
Jun 30, 2015 9.26 Bn
Mar 31, 2015 10.82 Bn
Dec 31, 2014 11.25 Bn
Sep 30, 2014 10.14 Bn
Jun 30, 2014 10.32 Bn
Mar 31, 2014 11.04 Bn
Dec 31, 2013 11.34 Bn
Sep 30, 2013 11.90 Bn
Jun 30, 2013 12.22 Bn
Mar 31, 2013 12.31 Bn
Dec 31, 2012 12.71 Bn
Sep 30, 2012 12.66 Bn
Jun 30, 2012 13.00 Bn
Mar 31, 2012 13.38 Bn
Dec 31, 2011 13.79 Bn
Sep 30, 2011 14.49 Bn
Jun 30, 2011 14.66 Bn
Mar 31, 2011 15.17 Bn
Dec 31, 2010 15.25 Bn
Sep 30, 2010 15.37 Bn
Jun 30, 2010 15.78 Bn
Dec 31, 2009 17.20 Bn