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Japan Airlines on Thursday requested approval from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) to maintain the current levels of fuel surcharge on all international passenger tickets issued between Oct 1 and Nov 30.
JAL sets fuel surcharge levels bimonthly based on the 2-month average price of Singapore kerosene-type jet fuel. The price of Singapore kerosene-type jet fuel during the two month period of June and July 2013 averaged $119.09 per barrel. With reference to the fuel surcharge benchmark list for fiscal year 2013, this corresponds to Zone F of fuel surcharges. From October to November, it will range from 2,000 yen on a Japan-Korea ticket to 21,000 yen on a Japan-USA ticket per person per sector flown, on tickets purchased in Japan.
© Japan Today
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Scrote
They use a dollar-based oil price to set a surcharge in Yen, thus ignoring any changes in the exchange rate. If they wanted to compensate for changes in the oil price they would set their surcharges in dollars and convert them to Yen at the prevailing rate. That they don't do this proves that the surcharge is a scam.
nath
They need every penny to boost their revenues because their services are not good enough to turn a profit.
jazz350
The entire fuel surcharges and baggage fees levied by many airline is a scam. Airlines must be forced to show the total price of a ticket so customers are aware of the inflated costs.