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
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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 |