DALDelta Air Lines

Interest expense, net. Interest expense, net includes interest expense and interest income. This decreased compared to 2023 the prior year primarily on due to reduced interest expense resulting from our debt reduction initiatives, which was partially offset by lower interest income. We are reducing the total amount of interest expense by pre-paying our debt in addition to periodic amortization payments and scheduled maturities. initiatives. During 2024, we made payments of $4.0 billion related to our debt and finance lease obligations. We continued to prioritize strengthening the balance sheet and reducing debt with $4.8 billion of payments on debt and finance lease obligations, including approximately $1.1 obligations during 2025. During the June 2025 quarter, we issued $2.0 billion in aggregate principal amount of early repayments. This included early extinguishment of $844 million in principal related to unsecured notes and used a portion of the SkyMiles Term Loan and various secured and proceeds to repay the Payroll Support Program ("PSP") loan due 2030 ("PSP1 Loan"). The new unsecured notes, and approximately $280 million for finance leased aircraft that were purchased. notes carry a lower interest rate than the repaid PSP1 Loan. We continue to seek opportunities to pre-pay our debt, in addition to periodic amortization payments and scheduled maturities, during 2025 and beyond. Interest rates on the Payroll Support Program loans are 1.00% for the first five years and the applicable SOFR plus 2.00% in the final five years. The applicable interest rates will begin to adjust for each loan in April 2025, January 2026 and April 2026. refinance higher cost debt.

An important part of our strategy to expand our global network has been to develop and expand strategic relationships with a number of airlines through joint ventures and other forms of cooperation and support, including equity investments. These relationships and investments involve significant challenges and risks, including that joint ventures or cooperation agreements may be subject to ongoing review and renewal requirements and may not generate the expected financial results, or that we may not realize a satisfactory return on our investments. For example, On September 15, 2025, the DOT's approval of and DOT issued a final order terminating the antitrust immunity grant for our joint cooperation agreement with Aeroméxico is subject and directed us and Aeroméxico to a pending renewal application with the DOT, which was tentatively dismissed pursuant to an Order to Show Cause issued wind down certain joint operations that were covered by the DOT on immunity by January 26, 2024. The existing immunity remains 1, 2026. We and Aeroméxico subsequently filed a petition in effect pending final adjudication the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit for judicial review of the renewal application, DOT final order. On November 12, 2025, the Court granted a stay of the final order pending the resolution of the case, the timing and outcome of which cannot be predicted at this time. In the meantime, we and Aeroméxico continue to operate under the joint cooperation agreement.

Interim Reporting. In November 2023, December 2025, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") FASB issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") ASU No. 2023-07, "Segment 2025-11, "Interim Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures." 270)." This standard requires disclosure clarifies interim reporting guidance, develops a list of significant segment expenses disclosures required by other Topics and other segment items by reportable segment. We adopted this intends to enhance consistency in interim reporting across entities. This standard becomes effective January 1, 2024. See Note 14, "Segments," for further information regarding 2028 with early adoption permitted. We do not expect this standard to have a material impact on our segment interim reporting.

During 2024, In addition to the aircraft purchase commitments above, on January 12, 2026, we entered into a purchase definitive agreement with Airbus for 20 A350-1000 The Boeing Company to acquire 30 Boeing 787-10 aircraft, with an option to purchase up to an additional 20 widebody 30 of the same aircraft. The B-787-10 aircraft will include GEnx engines manufactured by General Electric. Deliveries of these the B-787-10 aircraft are scheduled to will begin in 2026. 2031.