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There were some rough skies for a couple months there, but Delta seems to think it has now punched through to the other side.
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Stocktwits on MSNDelta Stock Falls On Reports Of Airline Stripping Its Airbus Fleet In Europe To Power Grounded Aircraft In USDelta Air Lines Inc. (DAL) is reportedly cannibalizing its Airbus SE (EADSY) jets in Europe for engines to fit them onto its grounded aircraft in the U.S. According to a Bloomberg report, Delta Air Lines is stripping its European aircraft to overcome a shortage of engines as well as uncertainty resulting from President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
Delta Air Lines released their latest earnings report Thursday, saying that the results so far for the quarter were in line with expectations from April.
Delta Air Lines is scheduled to release its second-quarter results Thursday, setting the tone for other carriers like United, Southwest, and American, each set to report later this month.
Delta Air Lines' strong earnings and projected growth provided an early boom for the airline industry as the rest of the major carriers prepare to report.
Analysts expect that airlines will have a tepid earnings season as tariff uncertainty and declining U.S. dollar weigh on the industry.
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Delta, the first of the U.S. airlines to report results, expects adjusted earnings per share of between $1.25 and $1.75 in the third quarter, compared with Wall Street analysts' forecast for $1.31 a share. It also said it expects revenue that's flat to up 4%, topping forecasts for a 1.4% sales increase.
Delta Air Lines Inc. DAL) on Thursday reported second-quarter net income of $2.13 billion. On a per-share basis, the Atlanta-based company said it had net income of $3.27.