Cost them $24B? Hahaha. No. Come on now, you know airlines aren't going to embrace anything that costs them money. If every airline has to pay the fees, car

Cost them $24B? Hahaha. No. Come on now, you know airlines aren't going to embrace anything that costs them money. If every airline has to pay the fees, carriers will be free to raise prices to cover the additional cost. Fewer people will fly, so ticket prices will go up more, eventually reaching an equilibrium where the carriers make about what they make today moving fewer people from place to place.