Singapore Airlines, SilkAir lowers fuel surcharges

Singapore Airlines and SilkAir, the regional wing of Singapore Airlines, have cut fuel charges in response to falling fuel prices.

The new fuel surcharge levels shown below will apply to Singapore Airlines and SilkAir flights. They represent a decrease of between US$5 and US$83 per sector, depending on the distance and class of travel.

Route Per Ticketed Sector	Surcharge in US$
	First Class, Suites	Business Class	Premium Economy, Economy Class
Between Singapore and South East Asian gateways[1]	50	45	31
Between Singapore and Europe/South Africa[2]	175	165	151
Between Singapore and Americas	235	225	215
Between Europe and Australia/New Zealand[3]	265	250	229
All other flights[4]	131	116	103

 * Figures in US Dollars, converted into currency of sale at time of ticketing

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[1] Includes flights between Germany and the United Kingdom, and between the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.

[2] Includes flights between North America and Hong Kong, Seoul, Tokyo, Frankfurt and Moscow, as well as between Barcelona and Sao Paulo.

[3] Applicable to transfer flights (not involving stopovers) via Singapore only.

[4] Includes flights between Singapore and cities in Australia, New Zealand, China, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, Bangladesh, the Maldives, Sri Lanka, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

The application of fuel surcharges may however be subject to regulatory approval or variation in some markets, the airlines said.

AirAsia throws out fuel surcharges as of 26 January 2015

AirAsia will be abolishing fuel surcharge effective 26 January 2015 across all of its airlines in the group, as well as its low-cost long haul affiliates AirAsia X, Thai AirAsia X and Indonesia AirAsia X, in line with declining global oil prices.

Source: AirAsia eDM.

AirAsia was the first airline to abolish fuel surcharge for all its domestic and international flights back in 2008, though it had to reintroduce them in 2011 due to rocketing fuel prices at the time.

AirAsia’s Group Chief Executive Officer, Tan Sri Tony Fernandes commented, “We are a high-value, low-fare airline and we will continue to strive to make flying as affordable as possible. This decision has been made in November 2014, which was in line with declining global oil prices.

"However, we are only able to implement it now, but we believe removing fuel surcharge and reducing travel costs will be a huge boost to the tourism industry. This will be a plus point for consumers, but the economy will also benefit from this as the tourism industry is a great job creator.”

With the removal of fuel surcharge from its fares, guests will be able to find flights within Malaysia from as low as RM19 one way all-in, and international flights from RM49 one way all-in.