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2015 Top 10 Ancillary Revenue Rankings
Every year since 2008, IdeaWorksCompany searches for disclosures of financial results which qualify as ancillary revenue for airlines all over the globe. Annual reports, investor presentations, financial press releases, and quotes attributed to senior executives all qualify as sources in the data collection process. Of the 135 airlines reviewed, 67 were found to reveal financial results related to ancillary revenue.  From this list, total airline revenue and ridership data were collected to determine the top ten airlines in overall ancillary revenue, as a percentage of company revenue, and on a per passenger basis.