Delta also subtly shifted its profit outlook for the full year, saying it will be “around the midpoint” of its long-held range of $6 to $7 a share, excluding the 45-cent impact from the technology outage. The airline had said Sept. 12 that it expected per-share earnings “at or above the midpoint” of that range.

Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) is expected to report its third quarter earnings during market hours on October 10, Thursday, and investors will look to assess the CrowdStrike outage, which hampered the firm's operations in July.

Delta Air Lines DAL reported third-quarter 2024 earnings (excluding 47 cents from non-recurring items) of $1.50 per share, which fell short of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.56. Earnings decreased 26.11% on a year-over-year basis, mainly due to high labor costs.