Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Delta Air Lines, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$585K
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

$585K in assets, N/A participants

Delta Air Lines, Inc.'s Northwest Airlines, Inc. Retirement Plan for German Employees reported $585K in total assets and N/A participants in its 2024 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.

  • #656 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,299 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 $585K / N/A participants.

#656
in Transportation & Warehousing (3,299 peers)
+4.6%
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 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$584,885 19th percentile higher than 19% of 123,620 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 2024

Filed plans by participant headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Northwest Airlines, Inc. Retirement Plan for German Employees reported net income fell from $30K in the plan year 2023 filing to $25K in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Northwest Airlines, Inc. Retirement Plan for German Employees end-of-year assets rose from $559K in the plan year 2023 filing to $585K in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 580218548 · Delta Air Lines, Inc. PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Northwest Airlines, Inc. Retirement Plan for German Employees · $585K · N/A · 19th

  • EBSA $585K
  • EBSA N/A
  • EBSA 19th
  • EBSA Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EBSA near Hansen Psc, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan
  • EBSA ind #656

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

Hansen Psc, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension PlanHansen Psc, Inc. Defined Ben…$589KPen Capital Pension Plan$592KH. Vega Vega Defined Benefit PlanH. Vega Vega Defined Benefit…$594KNorthwest Airlines, Inc. Retirement Plan for German EmployeesNorthwest Airlines, Inc. Ret…$585KVivaswan Technologies, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan & TrustVivaswan Technologies, Inc. …$578K
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Northwest Airlines, Inc. Retirement Plan for German Employees and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

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 (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$559K
Net Assets (End of Year)$585K
Net Income$25K
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 -50510152025 Total assets ($B) Participants Northwest Airlines, Inc. Retirement Plan for German Employees, Total assets ($B): 0.000584885 · Participants: 0Northwest Airlines, Inc. Retirement Plan for German EmployeesUPS Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 21.2364871 · Participants: 43465UPS Retirement PlanThe Southern Company Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.319238036 · Participants: 25843The Southern Company Pension PlanUPS/Ibt Full-Time Employee Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.219463258 · Participants: 69627UPS/Ibt Full-Time Employee Pension PlanUPS Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.280234765 · Participants: 157587UPS Pension PlanDelta Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.253434311 · Participants: 15222Delta 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 Hansen Psc, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan in CA at $589K (this filing: $585K).

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. 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 2024? ▼
Northwest Airlines, Inc. Retirement Plan for German Employees edged up modestly - up 4.6% during 2024, from $559K to $585K. Reported net income was $25K.
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 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (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 Hansen Psc, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan in CA ($589K, N/A participants).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

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.