{
 "company": "Delta Air Lines, Inc.",
 "ticker": "DAL",
 "sector": "Airlines, Airports & Air Services",
 "asOf": {
  "date": "2026-09",
  "label": "September 2026"
 },
 "fiscalYearEnd": null,
 "revenueUsdM": 63364.0,
 "normalizedSga": {
  "pctRevenue": 3.28,
  "peerCount": 7,
  "peerMedianPctRevenue": 2.9,
  "peerLeanQuartilePctRevenue": 2.5,
  "peers": [
   {
    "ticker": "UAL",
    "name": "United Airlines Holdings, Inc.",
    "normalizedSgaPctRevenue": 3.15
   },
   {
    "ticker": "AAL",
    "name": "American Airlines Group Inc.",
    "normalizedSgaPctRevenue": 3.29
   },
   {
    "ticker": "ALK",
    "name": "Alaska Air Group, Inc.",
    "normalizedSgaPctRevenue": 2.4
   },
   {
    "ticker": "JBLU",
    "name": "JetBlue Airways Corporation",
    "normalizedSgaPctRevenue": 2.53
   },
   {
    "ticker": "ALGT",
    "name": "Allegiant Travel Company",
    "normalizedSgaPctRevenue": 2.7
   },
   {
    "ticker": "ULCC",
    "name": "Frontier Group Holdings, Inc.",
    "normalizedSgaPctRevenue": 4.08
   }
  ],
  "definition": "Reported SG&A less the disclosed lines that distort comparison: advertising, R&D, pension, stock-based compensation, restructuring and one-time items, plus logistics reclassed where filers park it in SG&A."
 },
 "disclosedLines": [
  {
   "key": "advertising",
   "label": "Advertising",
   "pctRevenue": 0.64,
   "companiesDisclosing": 7,
   "peersDisclosing": [
    {
     "ticker": "UAL",
     "pctRevenue": 0.42
    },
    {
     "ticker": "AAL",
     "pctRevenue": 0.37
    },
    {
     "ticker": "ALK",
     "pctRevenue": 0.71
    },
    {
     "ticker": "JBLU",
     "pctRevenue": 0.84
    },
    {
     "ticker": "ALGT",
     "pctRevenue": 1.12
    },
    {
     "ticker": "ULCC",
     "pctRevenue": 0.19
    }
   ],
   "note": "Brand spend is not the overhead question here."
  },
  {
   "key": "restructuring",
   "label": "Restructuring",
   "pctRevenue": 0.0,
   "companiesDisclosing": 7,
   "peersDisclosing": [
    {
     "ticker": "UAL",
     "pctRevenue": 0.44
    },
    {
     "ticker": "AAL",
     "pctRevenue": 0.0
    },
    {
     "ticker": "ALK",
     "pctRevenue": 0.0
    },
    {
     "ticker": "JBLU",
     "pctRevenue": 0.0
    },
    {
     "ticker": "ALGT",
     "pctRevenue": 5.28
    },
    {
     "ticker": "ULCC",
     "pctRevenue": 0.0
    }
   ],
   "note": "No filed restructuring charges for the latest fiscal year; runs in line with the typical peer, counted wherever they sit on the P&L; one-time charges are stripped from the Exhibit 2 number either way."
  }
 ],
 "gapToPeers": null,
 "tsrBridge": [
  {
   "label": "1 year",
   "span": "FY2024 to FY2025",
   "companyTsrPct": 16,
   "peerTsrPct": -15,
   "driverPp": {
    "Combined drivers": 31
   }
  },
  {
   "label": "3 years",
   "span": "FY2022 to FY2025",
   "companyTsrPct": 117,
   "peerTsrPct": 9,
   "driverPp": {
    "Combined drivers": 108
   }
  },
  {
   "label": "10 years",
   "span": "FY2016 to FY2025",
   "companyTsrPct": 57,
   "peerTsrPct": -35,
   "driverPp": {
    "Combined drivers": 92
   }
  }
 ],
 "recentQuarter": null,
 "sources": [
  "10-K and 10-Q filings (US GAAP)",
  "XBRL company facts",
  "earnings releases"
 ],
 "urls": {
  "briefing": "https://sgabenchmarking.com/r/DAL",
  "json": "https://sgabenchmarking.com/r/DAL.json",
  "industryBenchmarks": "https://sgabenchmarking.com/catalog.json"
 },
 "publisher": "SG&A Benchmarking, https://sgabenchmarking.com"
}