US airlines reports USD3.5bn in baggage fees/USD3bn in reservation change in 2014. Delta tops both

US Bureau of Transportation Statistics reported (04-May-2015) US scheduled passengers airlines collected USD879 million in baggage fees, an increase of 2.2% year-on-year, and USD744 million from reservation change fees, up 1.8%, in 4Q2015. For the full year, airlines collected USD3529 million in baggage fees, up 2.1%, and USD2981 million from reservation change fees, up 1.8%. The US BTS also reported the following airline rankings by baggage fee revenue and reservation change revenue for 2014:

• Baggage fee revenue: USD3529 million, +2.1% year-on-year;
• • Delta: USD862.9 million;
  • United Airlines: USD651.9 million;
  • American Airlines: USD574.4 million;
  • US Airways: USD511.3 million;
  • Spirit Airlines: USD241.9 million;
  • Frontier: USD144.9 million;
  • Alaska Airlines: USD120.6 million;
  • Allegiant Air: USD107.8 million;
  • JetBlue: USD83.5 million;
  • Hawaiian Airlines: USD76.1 million;
• Reservation change revenue: USD2981 million, +1.8%;
• • Delta: USD875.4 million;
  • United Airlines: USD802.6 million;
  • American Airlines: USD553.8 million;
  • US Airways: USD320.7 million;
  • JetBlue: USD155.3 million;
  • Alaska Airlines: USD92.7 million;
  • Hawaiian Airlines: USD56.0 million;
  • Spirit Airlines: USD38.4 million;
  • Virgin America: USD37.8 million;
  • Frontier: USD22.9 million. [more - original PR]