Delta Air Lines

Delta Air Lines

DAL· Transportation and Utilities· Fiscal year ends in December

CEO pay in FY202594% of votes supported pay at the 2023 meeting

Edward H. Bastian is the CEO of Delta Air Lines and was paid $19.2M in FY2025 (Dec), down 29%. At the 2023 meeting, 94% of votes supported executive pay.

PayNo stock prices for these years
CEO pay is from each Delta Air Lines proxy. The stock line is the value of $100 put in the stock at the start, from the price change of each fiscal year. Dividends are not in it.

Executives5

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  1. 1Edward H. BastianFY2025
  2. 2Glen W. HauensteinFY2025
  3. 3Daniel C. JankiFY2025
  4. 4Peter W. CarterFY2025
  5. 5Alain M. BellemareFY2025

Named executives and their total pay, from the Summary Compensation Table of the latest proxy.

Pay

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Delta Air Lines paid its 5 named executives $50.3M in total in FY2025 (Dec). CEO Edward H. Bastian was paid $19.2M of that.

Name
Edward H. BastianChief Executive Officer
Glen W. HauensteinPresident
Daniel C. JankiExecutive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Peter W. CarterExecutive Vice President - External Affairs
Alain M. BellemareExecutive Vice President & President - International

of each named executive, from the Summary Compensation Table of each proxy.

Say on pay6

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94% of votes supported executive pay. Support was 92% the year before.

Jun 15, 202394.4%
Jun 16, 202292.1%
Jun 20, 201995.3%
Jun 29, 201896.9%
Jun 30, 201797.3%
Jun 10, 201697.9%

From the 8-K the company files after each annual meeting. Support is votes for over votes cast.

Peers21

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The FY2025 (Dec) proxy of Delta Air Lines names 21 peer companies for pay. Among Delta Air Lines and these peers, CEO pay was 12th highest of 14 and total shareholder return was 5th highest of 14.

12th highest of 14in Delta Air Lines and its pay peers, FY2025 (Dec) by CEO pay:

$16.2M$46.2M

5th highest of 14in Delta Air Lines and its pay peers, FY2025 (Dec) by total shareholder return:

$65$326

The comes from the company's proxy. CEO pay and of each company come from its own Pay versus Performance table for the same fiscal year.

Board1

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  • David S. TaylorDirector · 5 yr on the boardIndependentCorporate Governance, Personnel & Compensation—Paid as an executive

The board of the latest proxy (FY2024).

Activity

  1. Pay
    Delta Air Lines Executive Vice President - External Affairs pay fell 20% to $7.1M in FY2025 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  2. Pay
    Delta Air Lines President pay fell 19% to $10.1M in FY2025 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  3. Pay
    Delta Air Lines CEO pay fell 29% to $19.2M in FY2025 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  4. Pay
    Delta Air Lines Division head pay rose 29% to $6.7M in FY2023 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  5. Pay
    Delta Air Lines Executive Vice President - External Affairs pay fell 32% to $9.0M in FY2024 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  6. Pay
    Delta Air Lines President pay fell 36% to $12.5M in FY2024 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  7. Pay
    Delta Air Lines CEO pay fell 21% to $27.1M in FY2024 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  8. Pay
    Delta Air Lines Executive Vice President - External Affairs pay rose 232% to $13.1M in FY2023 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  9. Pay
    Delta Air Lines Executive Vice President - External Affairs pay fell 24% to $4.0M in FY2022 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  10. Pay
    Delta Air Lines President pay rose 236% to $19.6M in FY2023 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  11. Pay
    Delta Air Lines President pay fell 18% to $5.8M in FY2022 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  12. Pay
    Delta Air Lines CEO pay rose 256% to $34.2M in FY2023 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  13. Pay
    Delta Air Lines CEO pay fell 22% to $9.6M in FY2022 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  14. Pay
    Delta Air Lines CFO pay rose 49% to $8.1M in FY2023 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  15. Vote
    At the Delta Air Lines meeting on Jun 15, 2023, 94% of votes supported executive pay. Support was 92% the year before.
    8-K
  16. Vote
    At the Delta Air Lines meeting on Jun 16, 2022, 92% of votes supported executive pay. Support was 95% the year before.
    8-K
  17. Vote
    At the Delta Air Lines meeting on Jun 20, 2019, 95% of votes supported executive pay. Support was 97% the year before.
    8-K
  18. Vote
    At the Delta Air Lines meeting on Jun 29, 2018, 97% of votes supported executive pay. Support was 97% the year before.
    8-K
  19. Pay
    Delta Air Lines COO pay rose 12% to $7.5M in FY2017 (Dec).
    DEF 14A
  20. Pay
    Delta Air Lines COO pay rose 10% to $6.7M in FY2016 (Dec).
    DEF 14A

Filings51

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Current report8-KJun 22, 2026—
Proxy statementDEF 14AApr 24, 2026FY2025
Current report8-KMar 5, 2026—
Current report8-KFeb 13, 2026—
Annual report10-KFeb 11, 2026FY2025
Current report8-KDec 17, 2025—
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