U.S. Airline Ancillary Fee Revenue: Summary
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Mar 12, 2012
U.S. passenger airlines collected $2.3814 billion in 3Q 2011 ancillary revenue, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Dollar figures in billions.
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3Q YOY % 2Q 1Q 4Q 3Q
2011 Change 2011 2011 2010 2010
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Industry Total $2.381 10.7 $2.208 $2.063 $2.032 $2.151
Delta $0.814 17.5 $0.691 $0.659 $0.628 $0.693
American $0.300 2.9 $0.303 $0.278 $0.287 $0.292
US Airways $0.245 -1.6 $0.254 $0.239 $0.234 $0.249
Southwest $0.232 9.1 $0.224 $0.213 $0.224 $0.213
Spirit $0.090 62.4 $0.082 $0.067 $0.068 $0.055
United $0.174 -3.7 $0.165 $0.161 $0.162 $0.180
Continental $0.163 1.5 $0.162 $0.145 $0.147 $0.161
AirTran $0.099 53.5 $0.076 $0.064 $0.068 $0.064
JetBlue $0.054 9.7 $0.052 $0.048 $0.047 $0.049
Alaska $0.075 31.6 $0.066 $0.063 $0.048 $0.057
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NOTE: Ancillary fees include baggage fees, reservation change fees and
miscellaneous operating revenue, including pet transportation, sale of
frequent flyer award miles to airline business partners and standby
passenger fees. Revenue from seating assignments and on-board sales of
food, drink, pillows, blankets, entertainment, or any other ancillary
items are reported as Transport Related Revenue and cannot be identified
separately.
SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics http://www.bts.gov
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