Virgin Blue latest to hike fuel surcharge
Virgin Blue is set to lift the fuel surcharge levy on tickets and charge up to twice the amount for baggage.
On the airline’s international flights on V Australia to the US, it is increasing the fuel surcharge levy by $30 each way, up from $85 to $115.
Blaming rising fuel prices, the increase applies to tickets sold from March 9.
Baggage charges are also rising from March 1. For baggage pre-paid online for Virgin Blue domestic flights, the airline will charge $12 each way, a $2 increase per sector.
For passengers paying at the check-in counter at airports, the fee will double, from $20 to $40 on Virgin Blue domestic routes, each way.
On Pacific Blue international flights (to New Zealand, Fiji, Port Vila and Tonga, Phuket, Bali, Port Moresby, Solomon Islands, Cook Islands, Samoa), the baggage fees will rise from $40 to $60, a 50 per cent rise, each way.
Excess baggage charges on both Virgin Blue domestic routes and Pacific Blue international flights will rise 50 percent to $15 a kilo, up from $10 a kilo, each way.
Ian Jarrett
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