British Airways is doing what it does best and that is raising fuel surcharges! For third time in four months, the national carrier of the UK has gone ahead and jacked up the fuel surcharge.
The ‘valuable’ announcement came on Tuesday and will be implied from Friday, 08th April on long-haul flights. British Airways has put the blame on the rising global oil prices for its decision. And oil prices are indeed sky high as unrest continues in Libya, which is one of the leading producers of crude oil in the world.
"Due to the high price of oil, British Airways has today had to announce an increase in its fuel surcharge on long haul travel from Friday, April 8, 2011," BA’s press release stated.
"There will be no increase in the fuel surcharge on domestic and short haul flights," the airline’s press release further read.
Whatever may be the case, this airfare hike does not come as good news for travellers who were hoping to land up with cheap tickets on BA flights this holiday season. With such frequent increase in airline’s ticket prices, BA cheap flights seem more of oxymoron as of now!
Surcharge for flights that take less than nine hours is going to go up by £85, while for flights that take more than nine hours to reach the destined airport, the levy will reach £98. For business and first class passengers on long haul, the surcharge on tickets is going to be more.
The ‘valuable’ announcement came on Tuesday and will be implied from Friday, 08th April on long-haul flights. British Airways has put the blame on the rising global oil prices for its decision. And oil prices are indeed sky high as unrest continues in Libya, which is one of the leading producers of crude oil in the world.
"Due to the high price of oil, British Airways has today had to announce an increase in its fuel surcharge on long haul travel from Friday, April 8, 2011," BA’s press release stated.
"There will be no increase in the fuel surcharge on domestic and short haul flights," the airline’s press release further read.
Whatever may be the case, this airfare hike does not come as good news for travellers who were hoping to land up with cheap tickets on BA flights this holiday season. With such frequent increase in airline’s ticket prices, BA cheap flights seem more of oxymoron as of now!
Surcharge for flights that take less than nine hours is going to go up by £85, while for flights that take more than nine hours to reach the destined airport, the levy will reach £98. For business and first class passengers on long haul, the surcharge on tickets is going to be more.
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