JetBlue Is Adding Bag Fees to Make Investors, Not Flyers, Happy

Dennis Schaal

April 28th, 2015 at 2:00 PM EDT

Photo Credit: The new Mint class on JetBlue, another new source of revenue for the airline. JetBlue

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Southwest is making buckets of money by not charging bag fees but JetBlue, squeezed for profits, needs to please Wall Street and start charging for first-chedked bags.

JetBlue officials confirmed today that the airline is on track to introduce new fare families, which means some passengers would pay fees for the first checked bag, during the second quarter, which ends June 30. Marty St. George, JetBlue's executive vice president, com

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