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Senate panel makes airline executives justify their fees

Lawmaker says airlines view customers as ‘walking piggy banks’

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Some airline executives have been called to Capitol Hill to explain to lawmakers why passengers are getting hit with so many fees.

The Senate Permanent Committee on Investigations convened the hearing after committee chair Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) called on the Department of Transportation and Treasury Department to conduct their own investigations.

“Airlines these days view their customers as little more than walking piggy banks to be shaken down for every possi...

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