With the global jet fuel prices easing, Singapore Airlines today announced reduction of $10 US in fuel surcharges to India and some other short and medium -haul sectors in East and South-East Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the Gulf from tomorrow.
However, the surcharges remain at the same level for its flights to the US, Canada, Europe and South Africa.
For passengers booking a return ticket between India and Singapore from tomorrow, they would be charged $100 as fuel surcharge instead of the present $110 per sector. As a result, they would gain a total of $20 for their onward and return journeys, an airline spokesperson said.
While the surcharges have been reduced from $40 to $36 for flights between Singapore and South-East Asian cities, they have been slashed from $110 to $100 on services to India, Australia, New Zealand, China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Maldives and some other destinations, the spokesperson said.
The fuel surcharge would remain at the same level of $180 on flights to US and Canada and USD 110 to cities in South Africa, Europe as well as flights between North America and Hong Kong, Seoul, Tokyo, Taipei, Frankfurt and Moscow.
The SIA has kept the fuel surcharges under constant review and making adjustments in response to sustained changes in the price of aviation turbine fuel, she said, adding that there would now be four levels of surcharges instead of three to differentiate between medium and long-haul flights.
