scouser 4 Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 Just on the news that from April the fuel surcharges on international flights are expected to come down a lot (up to 80%). About time too I say. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 Yeah, oil has been well down on the peak price of late, but we are still being slugged at the bowser! Today AUD 1.29 a litre for Unleaded. Link to post Share on other sites
js 0 Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 Perhaps nothing to do with fuel prices - the down turn means people not holidaying as much = reduction in passengers. It's like giving discounted tickets to make it sweeter. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 Ummm ... fuel surcharges not got to do with fuel prices?? The reason given when they were introduced was to cover the rapidly (at that time) escalating cost of fuel. How is it now nothing to do with fuel cost? Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 Fuel surcharge is definitely to do with the price of fuel. It has come down lately but not to the extentof abolishion. Various offers from airlines too are aimed at getting people to fill their planes. Business travel has gone down the toilet. Selling just coach seats will make them a loss. Interesting how long they'll survive. Just keep my HKG - CTS open. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 Emirates has already been bailed out apparently. Link to post Share on other sites
sanjo 2 Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 They reckon a now-30000 yen surcharge will be around 5000 yen in April. That was the example they had on the news last night anyway. Link to post Share on other sites
me jane 0 Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 BA offering flights to the UK at the mo for 35,000 (with surcharges and taxes of 50,000). Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 If those surcharges come down a fair bit it will be very cheap. I bet the flight charges go up then. Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Got much cheaper now from this month. Time to start thinking about summer! Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 With KLM, the ticket has gone up since yesterday but the fuel charge is down. Net for us would be 8000 yen off. About 10 man still. BA (god forbid) is 115,000. That's for flights soon. Dunno about summer. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Typical. Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Yes BA is always a rip off. We went with JAL to london recently and through their website was the cheapest we could find, cheaper than an agent and also flying direct! It was still about 9man each though. KLM was always cheapest in the past but this year I found their online prices much higher. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Then throwing up their prices is bound to happen. Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Just made a new thread for summer flights http://www.snowjapanforums.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/309448/Summer_flight_watch.html#Post309448 Link to post Share on other sites
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