British Airways is raising passenger fuel surcharges on longhaul flights after the rise in oil price in recent weeks, it said today.
This comes after BA reduced them in January, with Aer Lingus following and announcing lower surcharges in February.
The surcharge on longhaul flights of less than nine hours will rise 10% to £33 per flight from May 2, and by 8.6% to £38 on flights longer than nine hours, BA said.
'The cost of fuel has risen significantly in recent weeks. Unfortunately, we have little choice but to pass on some of this extra cost to our customers,' Commercial Director Robert Boyle said.
BA's shorthaul surcharge was left unchanged at £8.
BA also said it expected to pay over $2 billion for fuel in its current financial year to March 2008.
In January, the BA cut the surcharge on longhaul flights of less than nine hours to £30 from £35.
And in February Aer Lingus followed and cut its fuel surcharges on flights to the US and to the Middle East by 25% to reflect the fall in oil costs at the time.
Aer Lingus cut the fuel surcharge on flight to/from New York, Boston, Chicago and Dubai from €40 to €30, with the surcharge on flights to/from Los Angeles reduced from €45 to €35.
