British Airways ups fuel surcharges

British Airways has announced that it is to increase fuel surcharges on all of its tickets from May 2nd as a result of rising oil prices.

Passengers booking a flight with the airline after this date will be required to pay £26 for a short-haul return journey and £126 for a long-haul return flight where each single trip lasts less than nine hours.

Long-haul flights of more than nine hours will carry a fuel surcharge of £158 for a return trip. Single flight charges are equivalent to half of the total surcharge for the relevant return journeys.

The airline also said that it expects to increase fuel surcharges in non-UK markets.

Rising fuel surcharges is a trend that one analyst has said could become more prevalent in the near future as fuel costs begin to account for a greater proportion of airlines' outgoings.

Speaking on Channel 4 News, aviation analyst Laurie Price said that these increases must be passed on elsewhere in order to allow them to keep operating in a "viable" manner.

Posted by Andrew, 30 April 2008 10:53

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