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Delta shares rose 2.6 percent to $47.30 in
trading before the bell on Wednesday.
The company raised its quarterly dividend to 13.5 cents per
share from 9 cents, effective from the third quarter.
Delta said it was on-track to complete the remaining $725
million from its previous $2 billion buyback program by June 30,
one and a half years ahead of schedule.
The company's Chief Executive Richard Anderson had said in
December that the airline would invest a minimum of $1.5 billion
in buybacks and dividends in 2015.
Delta, in February, paid out nearly $1.1 billion as profit
sharing for 2014 for its employees, the largest in its history.
Up to Tuesday's close, Delta's stock had fallen about 6 percent
this year.
(Reporting by Rohit T. K. in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio D'Souza)
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