Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Delta Air Lines, Inc. Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-07-24
- $7.3B
- Total assets
- 15,222
- Participants
- 100th
- Percentile by assets
- $476,510
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: Delta Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Delta Air Lines, Inc. · Georgia · Transportation & Warehousing
$7.3B in assets, 15,222 participants
Delta Air Lines, Inc.'s Delta Retirement Plan reported $7.3B in total assets and 15,222 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th 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.
- 100th percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
Coverage in Georgia
Delta Retirement Plan covers 15,222 participants in Georgia, 14x the typical Georgia plan (state average ~1,126 per filing). Assets: $7.3B.
- $7.3B
- total plan assets (2024 EOY)
- 15,222
- covered participants
- 100th
- percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
- $476,510
- avg assets per participant
The plan reported a net loss of $65M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Delta Retirement Plan reported net income fell from -$45M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$65M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Delta Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 15,601 in the plan year 2023 filing to 15,222 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Delta Retirement Plan end-of-year assets fell from $7.3B in the plan year 2023 filing to $7.3B in the plan year 2024 filing.
Participants vs Georgia filers
In Georgia, the average filing covers about 1,126 participants across 3,470 plans. Delta Retirement Plan reports 15,222 participants - 14x that state average ($7.3B EOY assets).
Georgia filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $7.3B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $7.2B |
| Net Income | -$65M |
| Employer EIN | 580218548 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1971-02-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Delta Air Lines, Inc.)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11 | 112,289 | $40.2B |
| 2023 | 12 | 136,516 | $46.0B |
| 2024 | 9 | 136,853 | $42.7B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Georgia
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
Delta Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Georgia, assets vs. participants
- UPS Retirement Plan $21.2B · 43,465
- The Southern Company Pension Plan $15.3B · 25,843
- UPS/Ibt Full-Time Employee Pension Plan $12.2B · 69,627
- UPS Pension Plan $9.3B · 157,587
- Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan $7.1B · 22,501
Similar-Sized Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans Nationally
Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to Delta Retirement Plan by total assets, not by location.
- Steelworkers Pension Trust (PA) $7.2B · 46,110
- Deseret Mutual Master Retirement Plan (UT) $7.1B · 10,478
- Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust (MO) $7.5B · 28,958
- L3harris Technologies Consolidated Pension Plan (FL) $7.6B · 4,996
Frequently Asked Questions
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Filing takeaways
Ways to act on Delta Retirement Plan's numbers.
- By total assets, Delta Retirement Plan ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
- Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Georgia. Compare plans
- Delta Air Lines, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets have grown 6.2% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Transportation & Warehousing plans
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.