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July 17, 2008

Interesting: Delta Reports Second-Quarter Profit — Without First Bag Fee

Filed under: Airline Fees, Delta — Rick Seaney @ 3:46 pm

Thought this was noteworthy: Delta, one of only 2 legacy carriers that are holding out against that “first checked-bag fee”, actually made a small profit this quarter (if you exclude so-called one-time items).

They must be doing something right.

Is it possible that passengers are rewarding Delta for not busting them on bag fees (or maybe it’s the carrier’s bigger international mix)?

The other “first checked-bag fee” hold-out, Continental, wasn’t quite as fortunate this second-quarter, but the loss that carrier reported was still a relatively small $3 million.

With the current fuel costs, that is pretty respectable. So do we really need the checked bag fees?
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