Department of Labor filing

DELTA AIR LINES, INC.

DELTA 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · For the plan year ended Dec 31, 2024

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Public filing 2024 · received Oct 14, 2025Verified current terms Not available

Plan at a glance

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57filing comparison
out of 100

The filing looks broadly typical among comparable plans. This is a filing comparison, not a complete benefits score.

$Employer support
$6,730

Reported employer contributions per active participant.

Higher than about 74% of comparable plans
#People in the filing
89,993

Active participants reported for 2024.

The filing does not say how many employees are currently contributing.
¢Visible plan-paid fees
$103 / participant

Reported administrative expense—not every fee an employee may pay.

Lower cost than about 17% of comparable plans
Investment performance
Not available

Plan assets changed 17.3%, but that includes contributions, withdrawals, and market movement.

Asset change is not investment performance.
What we still need to judge the benefit

Current match formula, vesting, eligibility, investment choices, fund expense ratios, and employee-level fees.

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Filing comparison · 202457out of 100 among similar-size plans in the same industry when enough peers exist

How this filing compares

Reported employer contributions74th percentileTypical peer $3,822 · based on 47 comparable plans
Lower reported administrative expense17th percentileTypical peer $52 · based on 47 comparable plans

This comparison uses historical filing figures. It does not compare current match formulas, vesting, investments, or employee fees.

The short version

What the latest filing tells us

For the plan year ended Dec 31, 2024, DELTA AIR LINES, INC. reported $605,694,243 in employer contributions across the plan and 89,993 active participants. That works out to $6,730 per active participant. It is useful context, but it is not the current match formula and it does not show what any one employee received.

Participation proxy80%

Active participants divided by all end-of-year plan participants. This is not the company participation rate because the filing does not report every eligible employee.

Employer money trendUp 22.7%

Change in reported employer contribution per active participant across the filing history shown.

Expense trendUp 1.2%

Change in reported administrative expense per participant. Investment expenses may not be included.

Peer context57/100

A filing comparison among similar-size plans in the same industry when enough peers exist.

Where the public filing stops

Current match, vesting, eligibility, employee fees, and investment choices require a dated plan document. Until we have one, those details stay blank.

Latest financial record

Contributions, assets, and expenses

These figures are reported totals for the plan—not individual account balances or promises to any employee.

Employer contributions
$605,694,243
Participant contributions
$709,174,452
Other contributions
$37,487,846
Employer share of reported contributions
46.1%
Beginning assets
$16,184,491,444
Ending assets
$18,985,170,319
Ending net assets
$18,985,150,450
Ending liabilities
$19,869
Total income
$3,933,775,811
Total expenses
$1,134,931,110
Administrative expenses
$11,662,993
Participant loans
$456,718,308

Three-year filing history

How the reported figures changed

Each chart uses its own scale and starts at zero. When the filing has no value, the chart says so rather than turning it into a zero.

Employer contributions reported per active participant
2022
$5,486
2023
$6,091
2024
$6,730
Plan-paid administrative expenses per participant
2022
$102
2023
$95
2024
$103
Active participants
2022
83,136
2023
89,836
2024
89,993
Detailed filing history
Plan yearPer active participantActive participantsPlan assetsFiling ID
2024$6,73089,99319B20251014143425NAL0004243664001
2023$6,09189,83616.2B20241009130830NAL0019236785001
2022$5,48683,13613.2B20231016135315NAL0025736963001

Changes in plan assets are not the same as investment performance. Each row uses the selected public filing for that year.

Plan operations

Details worth knowing

Participant loans as a share of plan assets
2.4%
Independent accountant’s opinion
Unqualified opinion Code 1
Late participant contributions reported
Yes
Public plan identifier
580218548-004

Reported plan details

Identity and filing status

Plan type
Retirement plan
Employer arrangement
Single-employer plan
Plan effective date
Jul 1, 1971
Industry
Transportation and warehousing
Amended filing
No
Final filing for this plan
No
Short plan year
No
401(k) feature reported
Yes
Show DOL characteristic codes2E2F2G2J2K2R2S2T3F3H

Reported service providers

Organizations named in the latest filing

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ProviderPlan yearDirect compensationIndirect compensation
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL2024Not reportedunknown

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