Cathay Pacific roughly doubles fuel surcharge on most routes
The Straits Times
The hike in fees will apply to tickets from March 18. Read more at straitstimes.com.
HONG KONG - Hong Kong aviation giant Cathay Pacific announced new fuel surcharges for most routes on March 12 that are roughly double the existing ones.
The company revealed a detailed list of affected routes in a statement titled “Fuel surcharge updates”, a day after warning that fuel prices had soared in March with the outbreak of war in the Middle East.
Cathay Group’s CEO Ronald Lam told a March 11 media session the cost of fuel so far for March is double the average of the previous two months.
The hike in fees will apply to tickets from March 18, the statement said.
The fuel surcharge for short-haul flights will increase from the current HK$142 (S$23.14) to HK$290.
For medium-haul flights, the fuel surcharge will be hiked from HK$264 to HK$541, while surcharge for long-haul flights will incease to HK$1,164, up from the current HK$569.
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