BA pushes up fuel surcharge again

Tuesday, 24 Jun, 2005 0

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



 

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