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(Reuters) -Air Canada decided to introduce carry-on baggage fees for some customers to stay competitive with changing market forces in the country, a company executive told a parliamentary ...
Air Canada’s new baggage fees spark government backlash. Amelia Neath. December 9, 2024 at 12:11 PM. Air Canada will start charging for larger carry-on bags in 2025 (Getty Images)
Air Canada baggage fees. ... per bag for a carry-on bag and up to four per passenger. Overweight bags 51-70 pounds are an additional $50; bags between 71-100 pounds are an additional $75 ...
IdeaWorks, a travel consulting firm, predicted fees will become the norm by the end of 2019 and globally thereafter. [6] The 23 largest airlines in the United States reported earning $4.6 billion in baggage fees in 2017. [7] This increased to $33 billion in baggage fees for 2023, and increase of 15 percent over the previous year. [8]
Austrian Airlines, Edelweiss Air, Lufthansa, Swiss Global Air Lines, Swiss International Air Lines (one bag max. 8 kg or a foldable garment bag up to 57 cm × 54 cm × 15 cm) also allowed in the cabin: another item of carry-on baggage (max. 30 × 40 × 10 cm, e.g. handbag, laptop bag);, [34] [35] Air Canada (10 kg plus one personal item not ...
Checked bags have become a major, flying cash cow in recent years, with U.S. airlines alone raking in over $5.4B from baggage fees during the first three quarters of 2023.
American Airlines introduced basic economy fares for 10 markets in February 2017, following Delta and United. Initially, American did not provide basic economy passengers with free overhead space for carry-on baggage, except for its AAdvantage elite members, who still receive the standard free checked bag allowance.
American Airlines, JetBlue, Alaska Airlines, and Delta all recently raised their fees for checked baggage, as GOBankingRates previously reported. But you don't have to pay baggage fees if you...