Delta Air Lines sees 2023 EPS $5.00-$6.00, consensus $5.07

Sees revenue up 15%-20% y-o-y, consensus $52.54B. "Industry-leading operations and the best-in-class service our people provided drove strong customer satisfaction scores and increasing brand preference in 2022," said Glen Hauenstein, Delta’s president. "For the year we delivered $45.6 billion in adjusted revenue, a $19 billion increase over the prior year, with record unit revenue performance expected to sustain a revenue premium to the industry of more than 110 percent. Momentum continues in 2023 with strong demand trends, and we expect March quarter adjusted revenue to be 14 to 17 percent higher than 2019 on capacity that is 1 percent lower."