17-Dec-2015 4:21 PM
US carriers collected USD1.7bn from baggage, reservation change fees in 3Q2015, Delta tops list
US Bureau of Transportation Statistics reported (15-Dec-2015) US scheduled passengers airlines collected USD1.0 billion in baggage fees, 2.3% of total operating revenue, and USD755 million from reservation change fees, 1.7% of total operating revenue, in 3Q2015. The US BTS also reported the following airline rankings by baggage fee revenue and reservation change revenue for 3Q2015:
- Baggage fee revenue: USD1.0 billion; ('000s)
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- American Airlines: USD292,089;
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- Delta Air Lines: USD236,890;
- United Airlines: USD184,740;
- Spirit Airlines: USD77,328;
- Frontier: USD56,582;
- JetBlue: USD42,717;
- Allegiant Air: USD39,934;
- Alaska Airlines: USD34,127;
- Hawaiian Airlines: USD21,965;
- Virgin America: USD16,094;
- Reservation change revenue: USD755 million; ('000s)
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- Delta: USD230,939;
- American Airlines: USD216,993;
- United Airlines: USD202,185;
- JetBlue: USD36,841;
- Alaska Airlines: USD26,637;
- Spirit Airlines: USD10,893;
- Virgin America: USD9502;
- Frontier: USD9321;
- Hawaiian Airlines: USD5284;
- Allegiant: USD2749. [more - original PR]