Delta Air Lines said on Friday it expects 2025 to be the most profitable year in the company's 100-year history, thanks to robust demand for premium travel as well as the industry's improved pricing power.

Delta Air Lines Inc.’s stock jumped 3.4% in premarket trade Friday, after the carrier beat fourth-quarter profit and revenue estimates and forecast a strong 2025 driven by demand for premium travel.

Delta Air Lines expects a strong appetite for high-end travel to fuel profit in 2025, said Chief Executive Ed Bastian. The forecast comes as the airline posted better-than-expected revenue growth in the latest quarter as demand picked up.

Delta Air Lines forecast 2025 profit above Wall Street expectations on Friday, thanks to robust demand for premium travel and the industry's improved pricing power, sending its shares up 8% in early trading.

Delta forecast first-quarter earnings of between 70 cents and $1, slightly higher than analysts' estimates. Delta beat sales and earnings estimates for the last three months of the year. The carrier is the first of the major U.

Delta Air Lines Inc. surpassed Wall Street's profit expectations for the fourth quarter, driven by robust international and corporate travel demand. CEO Ed Bastian cited a favorable supply-demand balance and strong demand visibility into spring 2025.