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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001683168-25-009232"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DAL"
cik: "0000027904"
company_name: "DELTA AIR LINES, INC."
filed_at: "2025-12-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T12:58:12.189127+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Delta President Glen Hauenstein to retire Feb 28, 2026; Joe Esposito named Chief Commercial Officer

## Summary
- Glen Hauenstein will retire as President of Delta, effective February 28, 2026.
- Joe Esposito, a 35-year Delta veteran, becomes E.V.P. – Chief Commercial Officer, overseeing network planning, revenue management, sales and loyalty.
- Hauenstein will remain as a strategic advisor through end of 2026.
- Esposito previously served as S.V.P. – Network Planning, Pricing and Revenue Management.
- Several executives will now report to Esposito, including Steve Sear, Dwight James, Paul Baldoni, Roberto Ioriatti, and Ashley Droske Westphal.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001683168-25-009232
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DAL
- cik: 0000027904
- company_name: DELTA AIR LINES, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-12-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/27904/000168316825009232/0001683168-25-009232-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/27904/000168316825009232/delta_8k.htm

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