Northwest Airlines Corp. is considering charging passengers to check luggage, a spokesman for the company said Friday.
The news comes after American Airlines said earlier this week it would begin charging passengers for all checked bags, breaking a long-held industry custom.
The spokesman for Eagan, Minn.-based Northwest said that "all options are on the table ... but no decision has been reached yet."
On Wednesday, American Airlines parent AMR Corp. said it would start charging passengers $15 for their first checked bag.
The news was part of an overall plan by American to cut flights and charge passengers more fees that could add up to hundreds of millions of dollars in annual revenue.
The main culprit behind all the cost-cutting and fee-hiking is the rising price of oil. Prices for jet fuel have roughly doubled in the past 12 months, sending airlines scrambling for ways to both make and save more money.
The news comes after American Airlines said earlier this week it would begin charging passengers for all checked bags, breaking a long-held industry custom.
The spokesman for Eagan, Minn.-based Northwest said that "all options are on the table ... but no decision has been reached yet."
On Wednesday, American Airlines parent AMR Corp. said it would start charging passengers $15 for their first checked bag.
The news was part of an overall plan by American to cut flights and charge passengers more fees that could add up to hundreds of millions of dollars in annual revenue.
The main culprit behind all the cost-cutting and fee-hiking is the rising price of oil. Prices for jet fuel have roughly doubled in the past 12 months, sending airlines scrambling for ways to both make and save more money.
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- merasyad
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This is pathetic! Going through an airport is way too complicated already due to the ridiculous security measures; now they have to collect money from passengers to check a bag? Sure they need to pay for higher fuel costs, yada,yada but What idiot came up with this method as opposed to adding a fuel surcharge along with the ticket purchase? This is such a low-ball scheme I don't even want to fly anymore.
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- documenTerry
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