This statistic represents the passenger baggage fees collected by the U.S. airline industry between 2004 and 2021. In 2021, airline passengers in the United States paid just under 2.2 billion U.S. dollars in baggage fees.
U.S. airline industry passenger baggage fees from 2004 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)*
Characteristic
Baggage fees in billion U.S. dollars
2021
2.18
2020
2.84
2019
5.76
2018
4.89
2017
4.58
2016
4.18
2015
3.8
2014
3.53
2013
3.35
2012
3.49
2011
3.36
2010
3.4
2009
2.73
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Bureau of Transportation Statistics. (March 9, 2022). U.S. airline industry passenger baggage fees from 2004 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 15, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/197685/passenger-baggage-fees-in-us-airline-industry-since-2004/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "U.S. airline industry passenger baggage fees from 2004 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)*." Chart. March 9, 2022. Statista. Accessed May 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/197685/passenger-baggage-fees-in-us-airline-industry-since-2004/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. (2022). U.S. airline industry passenger baggage fees from 2004 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/197685/passenger-baggage-fees-in-us-airline-industry-since-2004/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "U.S. Airline Industry Passenger Baggage Fees from 2004 to 2021 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/197685/passenger-baggage-fees-in-us-airline-industry-since-2004/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. airline industry passenger baggage fees from 2004 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/197685/passenger-baggage-fees-in-us-airline-industry-since-2004/ (last visited May 15, 2025)
U.S. airline industry passenger baggage fees from 2004 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)* [Graph], Bureau of Transportation Statistics, March 9, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/197685/passenger-baggage-fees-in-us-airline-industry-since-2004/
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