ATLANTA, Feb. 12, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air Lines
(NYSE: DAL) employees today receive their portion of the company's
$1.5 billion profit sharing earned in
2015 – the largest payout in the history of corporate profit
sharing programs. Individual payouts equal more than 21 percent of
employees' eligible 2015 earnings.
"We are often asked what makes Delta different," said Delta's
Chief Executive Officer Richard
Anderson and President Ed
Bastian in a memo sent to employees today. "The difference
is you. Our unique people-focused culture, built on the Rules of
the Road and working together, is the advantage that none of our
competitors can match."
Employee celebrations across Delta's global network today honor
employees for their record-breaking performance. To take
record-setting one step further, the airline erected a 50-foot tall
greeting card at the Delta General Offices, which included the
names of every Delta employee – all 80,000 of them.
The airline also thanked employees with ad placements in U.S.
newspapers, including The New York
Times, Los Angeles Times and The
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, among others.
Delta reported a historic adjusted pre-tax profit of
$5.9 billion for 2015 and had an
industry-leading year in operational excellence including a total
of 161 days with zero mainline cancellations and an on-time rate of
85.9 percent.
In addition to profit sharing, Delta's Shared Rewards program
pays out monthly bonuses for meeting corporate operational goals
throughout the year.
In 2015, Delta employees earned more than $94.9 million in Shared Rewards as the company
achieved history-making operational and financial results. Delta
has paid out $4.1 billion to
employees in profit sharing and Shared Rewards during the past five
years.
The airline will operate on a conservative 2016 budget with the
goal of maintaining a sustainable business that is committed to
paying down debt, investing in its employees and rewarding
customers and shareholders.
Check the Delta News Hub for photos and
updates, and follow updates throughout the day on Twitter
@DeltaNewsHub, #DeltaProud.
Delta Air Lines serves nearly 180 million customers each year.
Delta was named to FORTUNE magazine's top 50 World's Most Admired
Companies in addition to being named the most admired airline for
the fourth time in five years. Additionally, Delta has ranked No.1
in the Business Travel News Annual Airline survey for an
unprecedented five consecutive years. With an
industry-leading global network, Delta and
the Delta Connection carriers offer service to 328
destinations in 57 countries on six continents. Headquartered in
Atlanta, Delta employs nearly
80,000 employees worldwide and operates a mainline fleet of more
than 800 aircraft. The airline is a founding member of
the SkyTeam global alliance and participates in
the industry's leading trans-Atlantic joint
venture with Air
France-KLM and Alitalia as well as a
joint venture with Virgin Atlantic. Including its worldwide
alliance partners, Delta offers customers more than 15,000 daily
flights, with key hubs and markets
including Amsterdam, Atlanta, Boston, Detroit,Los
Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York-JFK
and LaGuardia, Paris-Charles de Gaulle,Salt Lake
City, Seattle and Tokyo-Narita.
Delta has invested billions of dollars in airport facilities,
global products and services, and technology to enhance the
customer experience in the air and on the ground. Additional
information is available on the Delta News Hub, as well
as delta.com,
Twitter @DeltaNewsHub, Google.com/+Delta, Facebook.com/delta and
Delta's blog takingoff.delta.com.
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