Hey the pilots can now more legitimately ask for a raise given all of the extra cash coming in... Yet another bargaining point for the next round of contract negotiations...
Delta No. 1 in baggage fees: $952 million
Orlando Business Journal
Date: Monday, June 13, 2011, 4:23pm EDT
Delta Airlines for the second consecutive year took in more baggage fees than any other U.S. airline and also was No. 1 in reservation cancellation/change fees.
The US Transportation Department Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported Monday Atlanta-based Delta (NYSE: DAL) collected $952.3 million in baggage fees in 2010, almost double the $481.7 million it got in 2009 and about five times as much as the $177.1 million it received in 2008.
Delta took in more baggage fee revenue than any American carrier in both 2010 and 2009, and ranked third for baggage fee revenue in 2008.
Delta’s 97.7 percent increase in baggage fees from 2009 to 2010 was about four times the industry’s rise of 24.4 percent.
Combined, U.S. airlines took in about $3.4 billion from baggage fees in 2010, $2.7 billion in 2009 and $1.1 billion in 2008 BTS said.
In terms of reservation cancellation/change fees, Delta was No. 1 with $698.6 million. It ranked second in 2009 with $406 million and was 11th in 2008 with a mere $18.9 million.
Combined, U.S. airlines took in $2.3 billion in reservation cancellation/change fees last year, $2.4 billion in 20009 and $1.7 billion in 2008, according to BTS.
Delta Airlines for the second consecutive year took in more baggage fees than any other U.S. airline and also was No. 1 in reservation cancellation/change fees.
The U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported Monday Atlanta-based Delta (NYSE: DAL) collected $952.3 million in baggage fees in 2010, almost double the $481.7 million it got in 2009 and about five times as much as the $177.1 million it received in 2008.
Delta took in more baggage fee revenue than any American carrier in both 2010 and 2009, and ranked third for baggage fee revenue in 2008.
Delta’s 97.7 percent increase in baggage fees from 2009 to 2010 was about four times the industry’s rise of 24.4 percent.
Combined, U.S. airlines took in about $3.4 billion from baggage fees in 2010, $2.7 billion in 2009 and $1.1 billion in 2008 BTS said. In terms of reservation cancellation/change fees, Delta was No. 1 with $698.6 million. It ranked second in 2009 with $406 million and was 11th in 2008 with a mere $18.9 million.
Combined, U.S. airlines took in $2.3 billion in reservation cancellation/change fees last year, $2.4 billion in 20009 and $1.7 billion in 2008, according to BTS.
Delta No. 1 in baggage fees: $952 million
Orlando Business Journal
Date: Monday, June 13, 2011, 4:23pm EDT
Delta Airlines for the second consecutive year took in more baggage fees than any other U.S. airline and also was No. 1 in reservation cancellation/change fees.
The US Transportation Department Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported Monday Atlanta-based Delta (NYSE: DAL) collected $952.3 million in baggage fees in 2010, almost double the $481.7 million it got in 2009 and about five times as much as the $177.1 million it received in 2008.
Delta took in more baggage fee revenue than any American carrier in both 2010 and 2009, and ranked third for baggage fee revenue in 2008.
Delta’s 97.7 percent increase in baggage fees from 2009 to 2010 was about four times the industry’s rise of 24.4 percent.
Combined, U.S. airlines took in about $3.4 billion from baggage fees in 2010, $2.7 billion in 2009 and $1.1 billion in 2008 BTS said.
In terms of reservation cancellation/change fees, Delta was No. 1 with $698.6 million. It ranked second in 2009 with $406 million and was 11th in 2008 with a mere $18.9 million.
Combined, U.S. airlines took in $2.3 billion in reservation cancellation/change fees last year, $2.4 billion in 20009 and $1.7 billion in 2008, according to BTS.
Delta Airlines for the second consecutive year took in more baggage fees than any other U.S. airline and also was No. 1 in reservation cancellation/change fees.
The U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported Monday Atlanta-based Delta (NYSE: DAL) collected $952.3 million in baggage fees in 2010, almost double the $481.7 million it got in 2009 and about five times as much as the $177.1 million it received in 2008.
Delta took in more baggage fee revenue than any American carrier in both 2010 and 2009, and ranked third for baggage fee revenue in 2008.
Delta’s 97.7 percent increase in baggage fees from 2009 to 2010 was about four times the industry’s rise of 24.4 percent.
Combined, U.S. airlines took in about $3.4 billion from baggage fees in 2010, $2.7 billion in 2009 and $1.1 billion in 2008 BTS said. In terms of reservation cancellation/change fees, Delta was No. 1 with $698.6 million. It ranked second in 2009 with $406 million and was 11th in 2008 with a mere $18.9 million.
Combined, U.S. airlines took in $2.3 billion in reservation cancellation/change fees last year, $2.4 billion in 20009 and $1.7 billion in 2008, according to BTS.