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14 December 2010
Last updated at 06:16 ET
British Airways is to increase its fuel surcharge on long-haul flights for the first time in more than two years.
From Thursday, passengers will pay an extra £10 per journey sector - taking the surcharge to between £63 and £108 depending on flight length and class of travel.
BA said the rise reflected "the substantial recent increase in the price of oil".
Short-haul flights are unaffected by the changes.
Continue reading the main story BA last increased the fuel surcharge in June 2008. It has been reduced twice since then.
Surcharges were introduced to help airlines with the rising cost of jet fuel and have come to make up a significant part of the price of an airline ticket.
They apply to each sector of a journey, so in its full list of the fees faced, BA said the the surcharge on a return flight would be an extra £20.
The oil price has risen steadily from about $72 a barrel in August to just over $90 currently.
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From Thursday, passengers will pay an extra £10 per journey sector - taking the surcharge to between £63 and £108 depending on flight length and class of travel.
BA said the rise reflected "the substantial recent increase in the price of oil".
Short-haul flights are unaffected by the changes.
Continue reading the main story BA last increased the fuel surcharge in June 2008. It has been reduced twice since then.
Surcharges were introduced to help airlines with the rising cost of jet fuel and have come to make up a significant part of the price of an airline ticket.
They apply to each sector of a journey, so in its full list of the fees faced, BA said the the surcharge on a return flight would be an extra £20.
The oil price has risen steadily from about $72 a barrel in August to just over $90 currently.
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