Soaring oil prices have been blamed by British Airways for forcing up fuel surcharges on flights from Monday.
The surcharge on long haul flights will rise from from £16 to £24 per flight sector and from £6 to £8 on short haul sectors.
It is the fifth hike since the airline first imposed a surcharge of £2.50 on all flights in May last year.
BA commercial director Martin George said: “The continuing rise in global oil prices to almost $60 a barrel means a further surcharge increase is regrettably unavoidable.
“We now expect our fuel bill for this financial year to be around £1.6 billion. Our estimated bill for this year will be more than £450 million higher than our fuel costs last year.
“This additional fuel surcharge will help to offset the recent sharp increases in the price of oil.”
Report by Phil Davies
