The Senate’s Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations in a new report is slamming airlines for relying on “junk fees,” saying carriers are extracting large amounts of money from the flying public and, in some cases, evading taxes.

The panel's report, released Tuesday, comes two days before the Thanksgiving holiday when nearly 6 million people are expected to fly somewhere to celebrate with friends and family.

The committee is accusing three major airlines — American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines — and two low-cost airlines — Frontier Airlines and Spirit Airlines — of gouging consumers by unbundling services that used to be covered by the cost of an airline ticket and charging for basic amenities separately.

“Our investigation has exposed new details about........

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