Untangling what's going on with revenues is a little tricky, because in addition to everything else, lots of passengers are downgrading to coach. So without very precise numbers, it's tough to know whether the hits are coming from significantly less travel, different passenger choices, increased costs, or some combination of all three (hint: it's some combination of all three). In any case, things are not exactly looking up.
The airlines are hoping make up shortfalls by leaning on the baggage fees that have been swelling their bottom line. Because there's really no better way to convince people to start flying again then with opaque fees that leave a bad taste in everyone's mouths.
[Photo: Simon Schoeters / Wiki Commons]
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