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BA cuts fuel surcharges

Cuts surcharge as much as a third on long haul flights

[December 17th 2008]

BA flight

British Airways is the latest airline to announce a reduction in fuel surcharges as it prepares for the busy Christmas travel period.

BA is reducing fuel surcharges from Thursday December 18th by as much as a third on long haul flights. The exact amount of the drop in fuel surcharges depends on the length of the flight and the class passengers fly in.

For World Traveller class flights over nine hours the reduction will be £30 per sector to £66. On flights of less than nine hours the reduction will be £15 per sector to £53. For passengers flying World Traveller Plus class on flights over nine hours fuel surcharges will fall by £30 per sector to £85. In the same class on flights of less than nine hours fuel surcharges will drop by £20 per sector to £63.

In First and Club World, flights over nine hours will see a reduction of £35 per sector to £98, while on shorter flights there will be a reduction of £20 to £78.

BA passengers travelling on domestic flights or short haul flights in Europe will pay £12 per sector in fuel surcharges, a fall of £4. And for Club Europe flights fuel surcharges will be £15 per sector, £5 less than before.

As fuel surcharges fall, BA is gearing up for a busy Christmas period. The airline says a “staggering” 1.6 million people will be jetting away on its flights over the Christmas and New Year period.

The busiest day at the airport over the festive period will be Friday December 19th says BA when almost 105,000 customers will be travelling with the airline. BA will operate 7,500 flights at Heathrow Terminal 5 over the Christmas and New Year period, while over 1,500 BA flights will use Gatwick airport over the same period.

The most popular destinations for Christmas according to BA are New York, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Dubai and Washington on long haul flights. The most popular short haul routes are Paris Charles de Gaulle, Geneva and Nice. On domestic routes Edinburgh and Glasgow are reported to remain firm favourites.

Over the festive period BA says it will serve up at least 38,000 Christmas dinners with turkey and all the trimmings plus 60,000 helpings of Christmas cake and 8,500 servings of yule log.

Written by: Nick Purdom

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