Delta Air Lines
Airlines · United States
Delta is a large U.S. network airline that flies passengers and cargo worldwide and earns extra from premium cabins, miles sold to American Express, and its own refinery and engine repair business.
What makes it different
Delta owns an oil refinery to make its own jet fuel.
200KBarrels refined per dayDec 2025
The Trainer refinery near Philadelphia supplies jet fuel to its New York hubs and sells the other fuels it makes.
How big it is
How big is Delta Air Lines?
$63.4BRevenueFY2025
200MPassengersFY2025
103,000EmployeesFY2025
How it makes money FY2025
Mostly tickets, plus fuel and cards.
- Passenger tickets and travel services82%$51.8B
- Refinery fuel sales8%$5.1B
- Loyalty program5%$3.4B
- Maintenance, vacations and other4%$2.3B
- Cargo1%$900M
How the business works
Premium cabins. Card cash. Core hubs.
- 1Four core hubs
- 2Premium cabins
- 3Miles for American Express
Card-partner payments bring in cash that does not depend on ticket demand.
Who owns it
- Other shareholders (below 5% each)93.4%
- BlackRock, Inc.6.6%
CEO: Edward H. Bastian
Who it competes with
Key moments
- 1925Delta starts as a crop-dusting operation
- 1929First passenger flight
- 2007Delta emerges from bankruptcy
- 2008Delta merges with Northwest Airlines
- 2012Delta buys the Trainer refinery
Sources
Every number on this page comes from Delta Air Lines's own reports.
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What Delta Air Lines tracks29 metrics
Passengers
Available seat kilometres
Passenger load factor
Results, quarter by quarterwith a chart
Revenue
Profit
Margin
Where the money comes from4 regions
Domestic
Atlantic
Latin America
The full timeline16 moments
2023
2025
2026
Delta Air Lines vs American Airlinesside by side
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