Delta Air Lines is taking dynamic pricing to the next level. This week, the Atlanta-based carrier said it hopes to use artificial intelligence to influence pricing on about a fifth of its domestic flights by the end of 2025. That would represent a sharp increase in the airline's use of AI in dictating the price passengers pay to fly.

Delta on Thursday reported a second-quarter profit of $2.13 billion, up 63% from a year earlier, when the industry was struggling with a glut of open seats on domestic flights. On an adjusted basis, its earnings fell 10% from a year earlier but still outpaced what analysts expected.

For the most recent quarter, analysts expect Delta to report earnings of $2.03 per share on revenue of $16.18 billion for the upcoming quarter. This reflects a decrease compared to the same quarter last year when the company reported earnings of $2.36 per share on revenue of $16.66 billion.