Some passengers in airline are paying in fuel surcharges as they pay for their base, but hanks to a commerce commission ruling, according to Australian research. The New Zealand passengers do not need an abacus to the cost of fares. Fuel surcharges on flight should be abandoned and it is costing them commission and I think it is not easy for the travel agents.
Australian Research by the Flight Centre, some airlines were charging a $1000 Australian or $1262 New Zealand (NZ) fuel surcharge for a flight from Sydney to London (part in Europe).
Dunedin based Vincent George House of Travel, co-owner Vincent George said “fuel surcharges on routes were increasing all the time and in some instances were as much, if not more than the base fare”.
The airfare to Europe would have a $900 surcharge in fuel on some airlines. He said a round the world fare, paid more in fuel surcharges and extra costs than in the actual fare which went through 13 or 14 different sectors,
Extra Charges Costs such as:
- airport fees
- customs fees, and
- security fees were included in.
All airfares in New Zealand (NZ) had to be show the full cost of the fare, a ruling by the Commerce Commission a couple of years ago. So people knew what are the flight cost, chief executive Paul Yeo, of Wellington, Travel Agents Association of New Zealand, said. But Mr Yeo said that it is not easy for the travel agents, to take into consideration the fuel surcharge and other charges fare calculation.
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