means an airline that keeps ticket prices low by unbundling every extra, from bags to seat choice to snacks, and selling them separately.

from the model traces to southwest airlines in the 1970s, which flew one plane type, skipped meals, and turned around flights fast instead of hub-and-spoke connections; ryanair and easyjet later weaponized this in europe, and the fee-for-everything playbook became the industry's favorite export.