Growth Metrics

Latam Airlines (LTM) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Latam Airlines posted quarterly Operating Expenses of -$3.3 billion for Q1 2026, down 17.7% year-on-year from -$4.1 billion in Q1 2025, and down 1.43% on a QoQ basis from -$3.3 billion in Q4 2025.

Latam Airlines (LTM) has 17 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at -$3.3 billion in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Expenses fell 17.7% year-over-year to -$3.3 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at -$12.7 billion (down 11.48% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was -$12.2 billion, down 6.91% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 stood at -$3.3 billion, down from -$3.3 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at -$159913.0 in Q1 2022 and bottomed at -$3.3 billion in Q1 2026.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is -$2.8 billion (2024), against an average of -$2.5 billion.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Operating Expenses soared 99.99%; it then plunged 1569743.6% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at -$2.5 billion in 2022, then retreated by 14.82% to -$2.9 billion in 2023, then dropped by 1.14% to -$2.9 billion in 2024, then declined by 12.3% to -$3.3 billion in 2025, then slipped by 1.43% to -$3.3 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at -$3.3 billion (Q1 2026), -$3.3 billion (Q4 2025), and -$3.2 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Delta Air Lines 53.78 Bn 48.72 Bn 15.19 Bn 15.35 Bn
2 Southwest Airlines 21.39 Bn 18.06 Bn 6.21 Bn 6.92 Bn
3 Grupo Aeromexico, S.A.B. de C.V 18.50 Bn 17.47 Bn -239.00 Mn 1.20 Bn
4 Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.B. de C.V 8.98 Bn 8.98 Bn - 791.00 Mn
5 Alaska Air 5.26 Bn 3.49 Bn 3.20 Bn 3.58 Bn
6 Skywest 3.43 Bn 2.80 Bn 924.11 Mn 889.49 Mn
7 Copa Holdings 3.33 Bn 1.99 Bn 713.71 Mn 753.30 Mn
8 Jetblue Airways 2.03 Bn -140.72 Mn 1.87 Bn 2.46 Bn
9 Allegiant Travel 1.67 Bn 765.78 Mn 651.87 Mn 651.33 Mn
10 Latam Airlines 237.16 Mn -2.43 Bn 1.28 Mn -3.34 Bn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -3.34 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 -3.29 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 -3.17 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 -2.86 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 -2.84 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 -2.93 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 -2.83 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 -2.76 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 -2.86 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 -2.90 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 -2.65 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 -2.40 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 -2.51 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 -2.52 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 -2.49 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 -276,664.00
Mar 31, 2022 -159,913.00
Dec 31, 2021 -6,071.32 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 -1.79 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 -1.25 Bn
Mar 31, 2021 -1.27 Bn
Dec 31, 2020 -1.40 Bn
Sep 30, 2020 -1.08 Bn
Jun 30, 2020 -1.27 Bn
Mar 31, 2020 -2.26 Bn
Dec 31, 2019 -2.52 Bn
Sep 30, 2019 -2.40 Bn
Jun 30, 2019 -2.33 Bn
Mar 31, 2019 -2.44 Bn
Dec 31, 2018 -2.45 Bn
Sep 30, 2018 -2.27 Bn
Jun 30, 2018 -2.30 Bn
Mar 31, 2018 -2.46 Bn
Dec 31, 2017 -2.50 Bn
Sep 30, 2017 -2.40 Bn
Jun 30, 2017 -2.23 Bn
Mar 31, 2017 -2.33 Bn
Dec 31, 2016 -2.37 Bn
Sep 30, 2016 -2.37 Bn
Jun 30, 2016 -2.11 Bn
Mar 31, 2016 -2.11 Bn
Dec 31, 2015 -2.26 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 -2.39 Bn
Jun 30, 2015 -2.40 Bn
Mar 31, 2015 -2.56 Bn
Dec 31, 2014 -2.84 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 -3.02 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 -268,985.00
Mar 31, 2014 -255,621.00
Sep 30, 2012 -3.23 Bn
Jun 30, 2012 -3.21 Bn
Mar 31, 2012 -1.43 Bn
Dec 31, 2011 -1.37 Bn
Sep 30, 2011 -2.29 Mn
Jun 30, 2011 -1.28 Bn
Mar 31, 2011 -1.21 Bn
Dec 31, 2010 -1.09 Bn
Sep 30, 2010 -1.29 Bn
Jun 30, 2010 -921.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2009 -880.39 Mn
Jun 30, 2009 -750.20 Mn