Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Delta Air Lines, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$559K
Total assets Small plan by assets
N/A
Participants Small participant base
19th
Percentile by assets National rank
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Official DOL plan name: Northwest Airlines, Inc. Retirement Plan for German Employees · Sponsored by Delta Air Lines, Inc. · Georgia · Transportation & Warehousing

$559K in assets, N/A participants

Delta Air Lines, Inc.'s Northwest Airlines, Inc. Retirement Plan for German Employees reported $559K in total assets and N/A participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 19th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #658 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,362 peers)

Delta Air Lines, Inc. multi-year trail

Delta Air Lines, Inc.'s plans moved +27.8% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Northwest Airlines, Inc. Retirement Plan for German Employees at $559K / N/A participants.

#658
in Transportation & Warehousing (3,362 peers)
+5.6%
assets growth YoY

Northwest Airlines, Inc. Retirement Plan for German Employees among the smaller filed plans by assets

Northwest Airlines, Inc. Retirement Plan for German Employees vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$559,404 19th percentile higher than 19% of 127,068 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023

Filed plans by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Northwest Airlines, Inc. Retirement Plan for German Employees reported net income rose from -$83K in the plan year 2022 filing to $30K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Northwest Airlines, Inc. Retirement Plan for German Employees end-of-year assets rose from $530K in the plan year 2022 filing to $559K in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 580218548 · Delta Air Lines, Inc. PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Northwest Airlines, Inc. Retirement Plan for German Employees · $559K · N/A · 19th

  • EBSA $559K
  • PART N/A
  • TYPE 19th
  • NET Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • BOOK near Albemarle Corporation Pension Plan for Represented Employees in Houston, Tx.
  • VS-ST ind #658

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Transportation & Warehousing retirement plans → · Plans in Georgia →

Northwest Airlines, Inc. Retirement Plan for German Employees in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Northwest Airlines, Inc. Retirement Plan for German Employees and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Delta Air Lines, Inc. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Delta Air Lines, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$51.4B 27.83790401128044% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$35B$40B$45B$50B$55B 202220232024 $40.2B $51.4B ▲ +27.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 11 112,289 $40.2B
2023 12 136,516 $46.0B
2024 12 145,368 $51.4B

Delta Air Lines, Inc. filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$530K
Net Assets (End of Year)$559K
Net Income$30K
Employer EIN580218548
Plan Effective Date1988-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Georgia

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Northwest Airlines, Inc. Retirement Plan for German Employees vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Georgia, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000200000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Northwest Airlines, Inc. Retirement Plan for German Employees, Total assets ($B): 0.000559404 · Participants: 0Northwest Airlines, Inc. Retirement Plan for German EmployeesThe Southern Company Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.596954837 · Participants: 25241The Southern Company Pension PlanUPS/Ibt Full-Time Employee Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.285105757 · Participants: 70241UPS/Ibt Full-Time Employee Pension PlanUPS Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.733665646 · Participants: 153217UPS Pension PlanCox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.396009274 · Participants: 24023Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension PlanDelta Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.309889555 · Participants: 15601Delta Retirement Plan
Northwest Airlines, Inc. Retirement Plan for German Employees vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Georgia, assets vs. participants
Compare Northwest Airlines, Inc. Retirement Plan for German Employees side-by-side with 3 peers →

Northwest Airlines, Inc. Retirement Plan for German Employees's closest out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets

Outside Georgia, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by end-of-year assets is Albemarle Corporation Pension Plan for Represented Employees in Houston, Tx. in NC at $559K (this filing: $559K).

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Northwest Airlines, Inc. Retirement Plan for German Employees assets move in 2023? ▼
Northwest Airlines, Inc. Retirement Plan for German Employees grew at a solid clip - up 5.6% during 2023, from $530K to $559K. Reported net income was $30K.
How have Delta Air Lines, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Delta Air Lines, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 27.8%, from $40.2B to $51.4B.
Where does Northwest Airlines, Inc. Retirement Plan for German Employees rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Northwest Airlines, Inc. Retirement Plan for German Employees ranks in the 19th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (among the smaller plans by assets on file).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Northwest Airlines, Inc. Retirement Plan for German Employees? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Albemarle Corporation Pension Plan for Represented Employees in Houston, Tx. in NC ($559K, 140 participants).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 580218548.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.