{"id":144476,"date":"2023-10-12T14:00:38","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T14:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=144476"},"modified":"2023-10-12T22:33:15","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T22:33:15","slug":"delta-earned-us2-572-million-in-the-first-nine-months-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2023\/10\/delta-earned-us2-572-million-in-the-first-nine-months-of-the-year.html","title":{"rendered":"Delta earned US$2.572 million in the first nine months of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Delta Air Lines<\/strong> earned 2.572 billion dollars in the first nine months of the year, 425% more than the 489 million achieved in the same period of 2022, also achieving a revenue record for the third quarter.<\/p>\n<p>The third quarter of the year the company earned 1.108 billion dollars, 59% more than the 695 million obtained between July and September 2022, the U.S. airline detailed Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our operational reliability continues to strengthen, thanks to our people, and I am pleased to recognize their extraordinary efforts with more than $1 billion accrued throughout the year for profit sharing,&#8221; said Delta CEO Ed Bastian in a statement.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2023\/10\/delta-and-latam-celebrate-first-anniversary-of-their-joint-venture.html\">Delta and LATAM celebrate first anniversary of their Joint Venture<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Bastian further noted that the company believes it will exceed its expectations of achieving 20% annual revenue growth over 2022 data, with pre-tax earnings of more than $5 billion, nearly double what it achieved last year.<\/p>\n<p>Delta billed $43.825 billion in the first quarter, up 18% over the same period in 2022, of which $36.735 billion was from passenger travel, $535 million from cargo flights and $6.555 billion from other activities.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, in the third quarter alone, the airline&#8217;s operating revenues increased by 11% 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