Fuel Surcharges Stay in Place
It comes as no surprise. The added prices for air travel will remain:
“FORT WORTH, Texas — U.S. airlines have no immediate plans to reduce fuel surcharges they tack onto the price of a ticket. That’s even with recent decreases of oil and fuel prices.
Most carriers have topped their fare hikes with increases in fuel surcharges, ranging as high as $170 per round trip in the United States and more for international flights.”
link: US airlines not planning to cut fuel surcharges
It seems disingenuous that a fuel charge remains when the price of oil is dropping. Airlines have been struggling for years. However, this rising costs of a barrel of oil seems to be a rationale for eliminating services and finding creative ways to levy additional travel charges.
It seems that the airlines think that the rate of air travel will remain a constant. However, the data for automobile use have shown that the consumer can adjust and limit road travel. When the flying public reaches the point that the cost of air travel, with all its added charges, is prohibitive, then the airlines will be find that there are dire financial consequences to short term gains.
Catherine Forsythe
Tags: Airlines, economy, fuel surcharge, oil costs, Travel
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