Delta Air Lines has today reported its 2025 financial results, and 2026 forecast, and there’s nothing too surprising. While the airline expected to achieve record profits in 2025, that didn’t turn out to be the case, due to all the economic uncertainty.
Delta is now expecting to earn record profits in 2026 — I understand Delta has to provide guidance, but it just seems that we’re continuing to see a lot of uncertainty, so who knows how things will play out. Anyway, in this post I’d like to focus on the detail of Delta’s 2025 results (particularly in Q4) that I found most interesting.
I suspect they’re largely correct, given the extent to which airline profits in the United States have also increasingly centered around loyalty programs, and premium cabins are a big part of that.
A great solo travel tip spotted this week on One Mile at a Time.
