MARY LOUISE KELLY, host: NPR's business news starts with airline fees.</s>MARY LOUISE KELLY, host: Airlines around the world keep making more and more of their money from all those pesky fees. The Wall Street Journal reports on a study out today that says airline revenue from add-on fees jumped to nearly $22 billion last year. That's up 38 percent from a year earlier. And carriers keep finding ways to charge customers, new ways for services such as in-flight Internet access.</s>MARY LOUISE KELLY, host: Discount carriers Spirit Airlines and Ireland's Ryanair continue to lead to the pack. Both rely on fees for more than 20 percent of their revenue.
Airlines around the world keep making more and more of their money from all those pesky fees. The Wall Street Journal reports on a study out Tuesday that says airline revenue from add-on fees jumped to nearly $22 billion dollars last year. That's up 38 percent from a year earlier.