In 2023, Delta had ******* full-time equivalent employees. This was a significant increase from the ****** employees registered in the previous year. Using full-time equivalent employees as a measure can be useful when comparing headcount to revenue, profits, or other industry metrics.      Delta's position in the airline industry For the accounting period of 2023, Delta Air Lines reported revenue earnings of ** billion U.S. dollars, a significant increase from the previous year. That same year, the airline company held total assets worth approximately **** billion U.S. dollars. Delta Air Lines is considered the leading airlines in the United States, based on its revenue and brand value.     Employees in the airline industry   One of the challenges the airline industry is an increasing shortage of pilots: a predicted ****** pilots will join the industry by 2029, however, demand for pilots is well above that figure with the projected shortage of airline pilots expected to continue. An additional challenge that the air transportation industry faces is one of unequal gender distribution: the top levels of management in the airline industry lacks gender diversity, with many roles being dominated by men. In 2021, around ** percent of the CEOs of leading airline groups were men. 

In 2024, the most valuable airline brand in the world was Delta Air Lines, with a brand value of roughly 10.8 billion U.S. dollars. The brand value of the second leading company, American Airlines, amounted to approximately 10.2 billion U.S. dollars. The rulers of the U.S. marketFour of the top five airline brands in the world were American in 2023. Between February 2022 to January 2023, these airlines were as well the leaders in their homeland market. During the same year, American Airlines, headquartered in Forth Worth, Texas, was the leader in the American market, with a domestic market share of 17.5 percent, followed by Delta, Southwest and United. Turbulent time for the aviation industryIn 2022, commercial airlines worldwide registered operating losses of around 9.3 billion U.S. dollars due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which paralyzed the commercial aviation market around the world. It was estimated that the air traffic will increase in 2023, but the recovery will not get closer to pre-pandemic levels when the number of flights worldwide almost was 40 million.