If investors were questioning whether airline stocks could keep rallying, Delta Air Lines has provided an emphatic answer. The carrier’s fourth-quarter earnings and positive outlook for 2025 gave the sector’s stocks permission to take off again early Friday.

Delta Air Lines on Friday reported fourth-quarter fiscal 2024 revenue and adjusted earnings that topped analysts' estimates.

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 is set to report fourth-quarter results before the bell Friday, with analysts expecting revenue and adjusted profit to rise year-over-year.

Delta Air Lines scored the highest among U.S. carriers despite a computer outage that caused thousands of flight cancellations in July.

Delta Air Lines DAL is scheduled to report fourth-quarter 2024 results on Jan. 10, before market open. Stay up-to-date with all quarterly releases: See Zacks Earnings Calendar. In the December quarter,

Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) shares snapped six straight sessions of losses, as the stock closed 1.8% at $60.04 on Monday. The airline stock lost 5.5% in the preceding six sessions. The stock advanced nearly 50% in 2024,