High flier: Delta Air Lines CEO gets 22 percent more compensation, to $17.6 million

Airlines are making big profits, and CEOs are cashing in.

Delta Air Lines Inc. disclosed Thursday that CEO Richard Anderson got a 22 percent increase in compensation last year, to nearly $17.6 million.

That put Anderson ahead of the CEOs of American and United, which are bigger airlines by passenger traffic and capacity. He's also more highly paid than the chief executive of Southwest, who was recently touted by Fortune magazine as the most underrated for any industry.

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