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Airline ancillary revenue projected to be $82.2 billion worldwide in 2017
The CarTrawler global estimate forecasts 22% increase above 2016, with $57 billion of the total composed of a la carte fee activity.  IdeaWorksCompany, the foremost consultancy on airline ancillary revenues, and CarTrawler, the leading provider of online car rental distribution systems, project airline ancillary revenue will reach $82.2 billion worldwide in 2017. The CarTrawler Worldwide Estimate of Ancillary Revenue represents a 264% increase from the 2010 figure of $22.6 billion, which was the first annual ancillary revenue estimate.
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