---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001683168-24-000244"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DAL"
cik: "0000027904"
company_name: "DELTA AIR LINES, INC."
filed_at: "2024-01-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T00:11:09.271050+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Delta Q4 adj EPS $1.28, FY23 adj EPS $6.25; guides FY24 EPS $6-$7; orders 20 A350-1000

## Summary
- Q4 adjusted EPS $1.28 vs $1.48 a year ago; revenue $13.7B up 11% YoY.
- Full year 2023 adjusted EPS $6.25, revenue $54.7B up 20%; operating margin 11.6%.
- March Q 2024 guidance: revenue up 3-6% YoY, operating margin ~5%, EPS $0.25-$0.50.
- Full year 2024 EPS guidance $6-$7, free cash flow $3-$4B, leverage target 2x-3x.
- Enters agreement to purchase 20 Airbus A350-1000 (options for 20), deliveries from 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001683168-24-000244
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DAL
- cik: 0000027904
- company_name: DELTA AIR LINES, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-01-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/27904/000168316824000244/0001683168-24-000244-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/27904/000168316824000244/delta_8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-24-000244
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-24-000244.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  DELTA AIR LINES, INC. reported financial results for full year 2023.
  - Period: full year 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Delta today issued a press release reporting financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2023 and full year 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/27904/000168316824000244/0001683168-24-000244-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  DELTA AIR LINES, INC. reported financial results for December quarter 2023.
  - Period: December quarter 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Delta today issued a press release reporting financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2023 and full year 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/27904/000168316824000244/0001683168-24-000244-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  DELTA AIR LINES, INC. entered into Aircraft Purchase Agreement with Airbus S.A.S. valued at purchase 20 Airbus A350-1000 aircraft, with an option to purchase up to an additional 20 widebody ai (effective 2024-01-11).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: asset purchase
  - Counterparty: Airbus S.A.S.
  - Value: purchase 20 Airbus A350-1000 aircraft, with an option to purchase up to an additional 20 widebody ai
  - Effective: 2024-01-11
  source text: On January 11, 2024, Delta Air Lines, Inc. (“Delta”) entered into a definitive agreement with Airbus S.A.S. to purchase 20 Airbus A350-1000 aircraft, with an option to purchase up to an additional 20 widebody aircraft.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/27904/000168316824000244/0001683168-24-000244-index.htm

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