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BA hikes long haul fuel surcharge – blames ‘volatile’ oil price
British Airways long haul fuel surcharge is to be raised from £30 to £33 from May 2.
It will go up from £35 to £38 (£76 return) on flights longer than nine hours.
BA will also increase its fuel surcharges by similar levels in markets outside the UK.
The short haul fuel surcharge remains unchanged at £8 per flight sector.
BA commercial director Robert Boyle said: “The latest increase in the long haul fuel surcharge is regrettable.
“The cost of fuel has risen significantly in recent weeks. Unfortunately, we have little choice but to pass on some of this extra cost to our customers.
“Fuel continues to be our second largest cost and we expect our fuel bill for the year 2007/2008 to be more than £2 billion.
“The price of oil continues to be extremely volatile. Therefore, we believe the fuel surcharge continues to be the most transparent way for our customers to understand what they are paying and allows us to adjust the direct cost to our customers appropriately, whether that is increasing or reducing the fuel surcharge as we did on some of our long haul flights in January.”
by Phil Davies
Phil Davies
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