For the seventh consecutive year, Delta was the highest scoring airline on the 2024-2025 All-America Executive Team rankings by Extel (formerly Institutional Investor), with first-place titles in all categories within the airline industry. High marks from investors earned Delta the prestigious “Most Honored Company” designation.  

“We’re honored and humbled that the investment community has once again recognized the industry-leading work of Delta’s 100,000 people worldwide,” said Delta CEO Ed Bastian. “Congratulations to our Investor Relations team – they play a critical role in managing relationships with the investment community and ensuring that investors and Wall Street analysts recognize the attractiveness of Delta as a long-term investment.” 

Extel is a respected and influential financial news outlet, and the awards are top honors within the investment community. Delta finished with a clean sweep of top rankings across the following categories:  

Individual awards 

• Best CEO, Ed Bastian 

• Best CFO, Dan Janki 

• Best Investor Relations Professional, Julie Stewart, V.P. – Investor Relations & Corporate Development 

Team/company awards 

• Best Investor Relations Program & Team  

• Best Investor Day 

• Best Company Board of Directors  

• Best Environmental, Social and Governance  

Rankings were highlighted based on nominations from nearly 4,000 investors and sell-side researchers who rated over 1,400 U.S. corporates across 23 performance metrics. Of the more than 1,400 companies in the survey, 134 were distinguished as “Most Honored” for receiving the highest score from the underlying data in each of the categories. 

For the past 20 years, Extel has provided independent analyses of companies’ investor-relations programs, in conjunction with Executive Team rankings.