Originally posted by taurus
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I appreciate that fuel has gone up but surely a surcharge implies that it is an extra amount in addition to the fare that was set prior to the factor being known about. The idea that airlines can still point to fuel charges from years ago and apply a surcharge based on the fact that prices are higher than then seem ludicrous. When does a price become normal?
I know we've had this discussion before but the additional taxes and fees on tickets is getting silly - sure taxes I can understand but some things need to be included in the price - basically if you have no option but to pay it then it should be in the fare.
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Phil FM
I totally agree. Every business in the country has had to deal with increased energy costs. Why is the airline industry the only one which seems to get away with adding in an extra fee?
Mike
The Airline industry certainly isn't the only industry adding fuel surcharges, road haulage rates are constantly run with surcharges in place and we are still pay bunker surcharges on all our of shipments that arrive into the UK.
I am certainly not saying the charges are correct, but there is some justification for them, you only have to look at the petrol station prices to see the rise or fall (or lack of it) in the price of diesel/petrol.