Unfortunately most of the fees you are referring to are a result of consumer behaviour. Most people use price checking sites to purchase tickets, and because p

Unfortunately most of the fees you are referring to are a result of consumer behaviour. Most people use price checking sites to purchase tickets, and because people only look at the initial price tag and fees aren't calculated until the end.. budget airlines started gaming the system to appear even cheaper. (shifting costs into fees and away from the fare) Since consumers won't change their habits, many or even most airlines had to adopt the same practices in order to compete. If you've ever used a price checking site to search for airline tickets, you've likely contributed to creating this problem.