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Posted on September 11, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
Add as preferred source on GoogleDelta Air Lines confirms its profit outlook for 2023, citing strong travel demand and increased airfares as key factors in its optimistic forecast.
(Reuters) -Delta Air Lines on Thursday reaffirmed its full-year and current-quarter earnings forecasts, betting on sustained travel demand in the U.S.
The carrier also raised the lower end of its revenue outlook for the third quarter through September, now expecting growth of 2% to 4%, from its prior projection of 0% to 4% growth.
The buoyant sentiment is in stark contrast to earlier this year, when several U.S. carriers issued gloomy expectations as President Donald Trump's tariffs and budget cuts weighed on travel demand.
Travel demand has since rebounded, with major airline executives in July expressing confidence in the industry's ability to boost airfares in the latter part of the year.
The latest data from the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics also showed that airfares rose 4% in July.
More Americans also took advantage of travel deals and discounts during the holidays to get away on flights within the country or abroad.
(Reporting by Nathan Gomes and Utkarsh Shetti in Bengaluru; Editing by Pooja Desai)
Delta Air Lines reaffirmed its full-year and current-quarter earnings forecasts, betting on sustained travel demand in the U.S.
Delta raised the lower end of its revenue outlook for the third quarter, now expecting growth of 2% to 4%, up from its prior projection of 0% to 4% growth.
Travel demand has rebounded significantly, contrasting with earlier gloomy expectations from U.S. carriers due to factors like tariffs and budget cuts.
The latest data from the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that airfares rose by 4% in July.
More Americans took advantage of travel deals and discounts during the holidays to travel both domestically and internationally.
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