Which was probably all due to baggage fees. In fact that graph shows $2.5 billion in baggage fees charged in the US alone (your articles shows $2.5 billion worl

Which was probably all due to baggage fees. In fact that graph shows $2.5 billion in baggage fees charged in the US alone (your articles shows $2.5 billion worldwide, and I bet most of it is in the Asia-Pacific region). Airlines had been steadily losing money from 9/11 up to 2009, except for a few low-cost carriers.