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 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, according to its chief executive Ed Bastian.

Delta Air Lines expects a strong appetite for high-end travel to fuel profit in 2025, said Chief Executive Ed Bastian. The forecast comes as the airline posted better-than-expected revenue growth in the latest quarter as demand picked up.

Delta Air Lines forecast 2025 profit above Wall Street expectations on Friday, thanks to robust demand for premium travel and the industry's improved pricing power, sending its shares up nearly 8% in premarket trading.

Growth in premium seat sales, strong international demand, and lucrative credit card partnerships help fuel a surge in Delta's stock price.

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.