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Airlines collected record baggage fees in 2012

The nation's 15 largest carriers collected a combined $3.5 billion in bag fees in 2012, up 3.8 percent from 2011, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

What an American-US Airways merger means for you

The price of a domestic round-trip flight has climbed more than 11 percent since 2009, when adjusted for inflation, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

US Airways overcame bumps after 2005 merger

"On-time rates improved from 68.2 percent in November 2007 to 86.1 percent in November 2012, according to the most recent data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

Hawaiian Air tops on-time rankings, American last

American Airlines, 79.64 percentAverage of all airlines, 85.73 percentSource: Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Airlines boost 3Q baggage fee collections

The federal Bureau of Transportation Statistics says U.S. airlines collected $924 million in baggage fees in the third quarter.

Hawaiian first, American last in on-time rankings

American Airlines, 67.7 percentAverage of all airlines, 80.2 percentSource: Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics

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