More Fees Propel Airlines’ Profits, and Embitter Travelers” says it all. Airlines are finding all kinds of ways to pack more passengers into an aircraft while simultaneously cutting the number of flights offered. To add insult to injury; they’ve come up with a laundry list of new fees and surcharges which have allowed them to post record profits. The new reality is; the airlines are far more focused on shareholder interests than on the customers they supposedly serve.