THEY'RE COLLECTING BILLIONS IN FEES

BTS Releases 2010 Airline Fee Data;
Airlines Collected Almost $5.7 Billion from Fees in 2010

U.S. airlines collected almost $5.7 billion from baggage fees and reservation change fees in 2010, according to the airline financial data released yesterday by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS).

The airlines received $3.4 billion from baggage fees and $2.3 billion from reservation change fees in 2010. These are the only fees paid by passengers that BTS can identify separately. All other fees paid by passengers are included in larger categories with other types of revenue.

Additional fourth-quarter 2010 data are not yet available.

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Airlines ranked by full year baggage fee revenue, dollars in thousands (000)

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Rank		1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	2010
1	Delta	217,773	255,950	259,473	219,054	952,250
2	American	128,539	152,059	151,175	148,890	580,663
3	US Airways	120,720	135,601	131,806	125,496	513,623
4	Continental	76,603	91,031	90,494	83,457	341,585
5	United	71,145	84,824	83,872	73,366	313,207
6	AirTran	35,005	39,204	38,139	39,800	152,148
7	Alaska	21,166	25,394	34,430	28,007	108,997
8	Spirit	16,033	16,811	22,939	25,720	81,503
9	Frontier	13,872	15,470	14,725	18,048	62,115
10	JetBlue	13,763	14,012	15,494	13,750	57,019
11	Allegiant	14,826	14,437	13,747	12,315	55,325
12	Hawaiian	11,672	13,523	15,060	13,753	54,008
13	Virgin America	7,328	9,124	10,177	9,446	36,075
14	Southwest	6,872	7,923	7,729	7,263	29,787
15	Republic	6,418	6,366	5,193	105	18,082
16	Horizon	762	5,293	6,702	5,136	17,893
17	Sun Country	3,971	2,406	3,059	2,775	12,211
18	Mesa	539	731	980	995	3,245
19	Continental Micronesia	585	813	773	809	2,980
20	USA 3000	954	819	391	591	2,755
	All	768,546	891,791	906,358	828,776	3,395,471

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Schedule P-12