Delta Air Lines said on Friday it expects 2025 to be the most profitable year in the company's 100-year history, thanks to robust demand for premium travel as well as the industry's improved pricing power.

Delta Air Lines Inc. shares jumped the most in more than two years after the carrier’s profit beat Wall Street’s estimates for the final months of 2024, buoyed by gains in both the US market and overseas.

Delta Air Lines could see 2025 becoming the airline’s best financial year since its founding a century ago, fuelled by consumers’ appetite for travel and the growing number willing to shell out for premium seats,