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Delta Air Lines

airline in the United States (1929–present)
Organization airline Q188920
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Financials

Self-reported XBRL data from 17 annual filings
Revenue
$63.36B
▲ 2.8% YoY FY2025
Net Income
$5.00B
▲ 44.8% YoY FY2025
Assets
$81.32B
▲ 7.9% YoY FY2025
EPS (diluted)
$7.66
▲ 43.7% YoY FY2025
$0.00$17.43B$34.85B$52.28B$69.70B FY2009: $28.06B · NI -$1.24B (-4.4% margin)FY2010: $31.75B · NI $593.00M (1.9% margin)FY2011: $35.12B · NI $854.00M (2.4% margin)FY2012: $36.67B · NI $1.01B (2.8% margin)FY2013: $37.77B · NI $10.54B (27.9% margin)FY2014: $40.36B · NI $659.00M (1.6% margin)FY2015: $40.70B · NI $4.53B (11.1% margin)FY2016: $39.45B · NI $4.20B (10.6% margin)FY2017: $41.14B · NI $3.21B (7.8% margin)FY2018: $44.44B · NI $3.94B (8.9% margin)FY2019: $47.01B · NI $4.77B (10.1% margin)FY2020: $17.09B · NI -$12.38B (-72.4% margin)FY2021: $29.90B · NI $280.00M (0.9% margin)FY2022: $50.58B · NI $1.32B (2.6% margin)FY2023: $58.05B · NI $4.61B (7.9% margin)FY2024: $61.64B · NI $3.46B (5.6% margin)FY2025: $63.36B · NI $5.00B (7.9% margin) '09'11'13'15'17'19'21'23'25
■ Revenue ■ Net Income
Source: SEC EDGAR · latest 10-K filed 2025-12-31 · accession 0000027904-26-000013

Summary

Delta Air Lines is an airline[1]. It ranks in the top 0.17% of airline entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25,740 views/month, #5 of 2,889).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: International Association of Baggage System Companies[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Instance of: business[5], public company[6]
  • Airline hub: Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport[7], Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport[8], John F. Kennedy International Airport[9], LaGuardia Airport[10], Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport[11], Salt Lake City International Airport[12], Logan International Airport[13], Los Angeles International Airport[14], Seattle–Tacoma International Airport[15]
  • Airline alliance: SkyTeam[16]
  • Item operated: Airbus A320 family[17], Airbus A330[18], Boeing 717[19], Boeing 737 Next Generation[20], Boeing 757[21], Boeing 767[22], Boeing 777[23], McDonnell Douglas MD-80/MD-90 family[24], McDonnell Douglas MD-90[25], Airbus A350[26]
  • Headquarters location: Atlanta[27]
  • Chief executive officer: Ed Bastian[28]
  • Has organizational division: Delta Private Jets[29]
  • IATA airline designator: DL[30]
  • ICAO airline designator: DAL[31]
  • Child organization or unit: Endeavor Air[32], Delta Sky Club[33]
  • Part of: S&P 500[34]
  • Commons category: Delta Air Lines[35]
  • Stock exchange: New York Stock Exchange[36]
  • Review score: 4.3/5[37]
  • Industry: air transport[38], aviation[39]
  • Said to be the same as: Delta Air Lines, Inc.[40]
  • Chairperson: Frank Blake[41]
  • Inception: March 2, 1925[42], June 17, 1929[43]
  • Location of formation: Macon[44]
  • Official website: https://www.delta.com/[45], https://zh.delta.com/[46], https://de.delta.com/[47], https://fr.delta.com/[48], https://it.delta.com/[49], https://flightskynet.com[50], https://es.delta.com/[51], https://pt.delta.com/[52]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Delta Air Lines[53]
  • Commons gallery: Delta Air Lines[54]
  • Replaces: Northwest Airlines[55], Western Airlines[56], Northeast Airlines[57], Comair[58], Chicago and Southern Air Lines[59]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Delta Air Lines include Delta Center[60], an arena[61], in United States[62], founded in 1991[63].

Why It Matters

Delta Air Lines has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[64] It is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[65]

Entities named for it include Delta Center[60], an arena[61], in United States[62], founded in 1991[63].

Related Entities

business New York Stock Exchange public company United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . GRID. Retrieved . grid.ac. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Thomson Reuters Open Perm ID. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . delta.com. Retrieved . delta.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . delta.com. Retrieved . delta.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . delta.com. Retrieved . delta.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  13. [16] ↑ . skyteam.com. skyteam.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  23. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [27] ↑ . Legal Entity Identifier. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [28] ↑ . Thomson Reuters Open Perm ID. Retrieved . news.delta.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  29. [32] ↑ . Indeed. Retrieved . opencorporates.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  31. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [36] ↑ . EDGAR. Retrieved . bloomberg.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [37] ↑ . Glassdoor. Retrieved . glassdoor.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [3] ↑ . iabsc.org. iabsc.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . deltamuseum.org. Retrieved . deltamuseum.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved . news.delta.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . ROR release v1.19. Retrieved . fundinguniverse.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  57. [59] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [60] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [61] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [62] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [63] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [64] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [65] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Flightskynet · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 74
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'bat_smg', 'bg', 'bn', 'ca', 'ckb', 'commons',
    Official website → https://www.delta.com/, https://zh.delta.com/, https://de.delta.com/ +5
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Official website: https://flightskynet.com"
  2. 7w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → E209-5382-D24D-6FCC-D633
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  3. 8w ago · ArthurPSmith · 2026-08-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ror id → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Ror id: 03g9c1e75, Moving to Delta Air Lines, Inc."
  4. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3Hjwlk
    Harper's tag → delta-air-lines
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: delta-air-lines, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289919237|delta air lines (#289919237)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper'"
  5. 13w ago · Geagea · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of israel j9u id → 987012789073505171
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  6. 14w ago · Sabelöga · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikisimpsons article id → 106160
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Wikisimpsons article id: 106160, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/296183786|Delta Air Lines (#296183786)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8109|Wikisimpsons"
  7. 15w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14536 → 347422
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  8. 23w ago · DanGFSouza · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Subreddit: delta, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/144656685|delta (#144656685)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5569|Subreddit Directory]] #mix'"
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