Delta Air Lines (DAL) will raise its quarterly dividend by 50 percent to $0.2025 per share in 2016. The new annual dividend of $0.81 per share translates into an estimated dividend yield of 0.6% for Delta Airlines. The dividend has been raised for three straight years now, with back to back 50% dividend hikes.

Delta Air Lines, Inc. provides scheduled air transportation for passengers and cargo throughout the United States and across the world. The company's route network is centered around a system of significant hubs and key markets at airports in Amsterdam, Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, London-Heathrow, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Minneapolis-St. Paul, New York-LaGuardia, New York-JFK, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Salt Lake City, São Paulo, Seattle, Seoul-Incheon and Tokyo-Narita. Delta's network includes its international joint ventures, its alliances with other foreign airlines, its membership in SkyTeam and agreements with multiple domestic regional carriers that operate as Delta Connection. Delta's dividend was established in 2013.