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Delta Air Lines company profile

CEO
Edward H. Bastian
Employees
100,000
Headquarters
1030 Delta Boulevard, Atlanta, GA 30354-1989, US
Sector
Industrials
Industry
Airlines, Airports & Air Services
IPO date
3 May 2007
Stock exchange
NYSE
ISIN
US2473617023

Website:delta.com

About the company

Delta Air Lines, Inc. provides scheduled air transportation for passengers and cargo in the United States and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Airline and Refinery. Its domestic network centered on core hubs in Atlanta, Detroit, Minneapolis-St. Paul, and Salt Lake City, as well as coastal hub positions in Boston, Los Angeles, New York-LaGuardia, New York-JFK, and Seattle; and international network centered on hubs and market presence in Amsterdam, Bogota, Lima, Mexico City, London-Heathrow, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Santiago (Chile), Sao Paulo, Seoul-Incheon, and Tokyo. It also provides aircraft maintenance and engineering support, repair, and overhaul services; and vacation packages. The company operates through a fleet of approximately 1,314 aircraft. Delta Air Lines, Inc. was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Employees

Delta Air Lines had about 100,000 employees at the end of fiscal year 2025 (31 December 2025), by its annual report. That is 0.0% more than a year before.

Employees Change on the year
Fiscal yearEmployeesChange on the yearRevenue per employeeNet income per employee
FY2025100,0000.00%633.64K USD50.05K USD
FY2024100,0000.00%616.43K USD34.57K USD
FY2023100,000+5.26%580.48K USD46.09K USD
FY202295,000+14.46%532.44K USD13.87K USD
FY202183,000+12.16%360.23K USD3.37K USD
FY202074,000-18.68%231.01K USD-167.36K USD
FY201991,000+2.25%516.56K USD52.38K USD
FY201889,000+2.30%499.30K USD44.21K USD
FY201787,000+3.57%472.85K USD36.84K USD
FY201684,000+1.20%469.64K USD49.94K USD
FY201583,000+3.75%490.41K USD54.53K USD
FY201480,000+2.56%504.53K USD8.24K USD
FY201378,000+5.41%484.27K USD135.13K USD
FY201274,000-5.61%495.54K USD13.64K USD
FY201178,400-2.00%447.90K USD10.89K USD
FY201080,000-1.36%396.94K USD7.41K USD
FY200981,106-3.80%346.00K USD-15.25K USD
FY200884,306+53.16%269.22K USD-105.83K USD
FY200755,044+7.30%347.98K USD29.29K USD
FY200651,300-7.90%341.75K USD-120.92K USD
FY200555,700-7.17%295.87K USD-68.55K USD
FY200460,000-15.01%253.92K USD-86.63K USD
FY200370,600-5.99%202.66K USD-10.95K USD
FY200275,100-1.54%184.63K USD-16.94K USD
FY200176,273-5.84%181.96K USD-15.94K USD
FY199981,000+9.46%183.74K USD14.91K USD
FY199974,000+4.45%——
FY199770,846+11.67%206.04K USD15.54K USD
FY199663,441+5.23%222.85K USD15.78K USD
FY199560,289+0.96%225.48K USD14.17K USD
FY199459,717-16.38%208.57K USD2.61K USD
FY199371,412—170.76K USD5.71K USD

Employees at each fiscal year end, as the company reports them in its annual report (10-K); revenue and net income per employee are the fiscal year's over that count.

Who owns Delta Air Lines

Institutions such as funds, banks and insurers held 89.4% of Delta Air Lines's shares on 30 June 2026, 1,606 of them reporting holdings to the SEC; the rest is held by individual investors and other shareholders.

Institutions 89.4%Other shareholders 10.6%

Shares free to trade

Free float 650.15M shares ·98.8% Closely held 7.76M shares ·1.2%

Closely held shares belong to insiders, founders and owners of more than 5%, and seldom change hands. The free float is the rest: the shares anyone can buy and sell.

Common questions about Delta Air Lines

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