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Delta pays out $1.1 billion in profit sharing bonuses to employees

Kyandra Ravenel, a Delta airlines flight attendant, walks the runway during the uniform fitting for Delta employees at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, on Wednesday, February 7, 2018. (REANN HUBER/REANN.HUBER@AJC.COM)

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Kyandra Ravenel, a Delta airlines flight attendant, walks the runway during the uniform fitting for Delta employees at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, on Wednesday, February 7, 2018. (REANN HUBER/REANN.HUBER@AJC.COM)
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Feb 14, 2018

Delta Air Lines is paying out $1.1 billion in profit sharing bonuses to employees on Wednesday.

Atlanta-based Delta makes the profit-sharing payouts every year on Valentine’s Day to its more than 80,000 employees, and paid out a similar total last year.

The company reported nearly $3.6 billion in net income for 2017.

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