Delta earned HRK 2,572 million in the first nine months

Delta Air Lines earned $2,572 million in the first three quarters of the year, up 425% from the $489 million earned in the same period in 2022, also achieving record revenue for third trimester.

As the American airline detailed this Thursday, the company earned $1,108 million in the third quarter of the year, 59% more than the $695 million collected between July and September 2022.

“Our operational reliability continues to strengthen, thanks to our people, and I am pleased to recognize their exceptional efforts with more than $1 billion accumulated over the year in profit sharing,” He said Delta CEO Ed Bastian it’s a statement.

Bastian also noted that the company believes it will exceed its expectations of achieving 20% ​​annual revenue growth by 2022, with pre-tax profits exceeding $5 billion, nearly double what it achieved last year.

Returning to the first half of the year as a whole, Delta invoiced $43,825 million, 18% more than those invoiced in the same period in 2022, of which 36,735 related to passenger travel, 535 million to cargo flights and 6,555 to other activities.

Likewise, in the third quarter alone, the operating income of the airline increased by 11% compared to 2022, to HRK 15,488 million.

Company based in Atlanta (USA) noted in a statement that at the end of September its debt and finance lease obligations amounted to $20.2 billion, after paying $3.7 billion during the first three quarters of the year.

“So far this year, we have returned 3,700 million in debt, and in the whole year we expect more than 4,000 million”he said directly financier Dan Jankiit is stated in the press release.

Its flight capacity in the third quarter was 88%, one percentage point above the data for the same period in 2022.

After the announcement of the results, which exceeded the expectations of investors, The Delta shares In electronic movements before the opening of Wall Street they rose by 3%.