Fuel surcharge for flights unchanged for November

The Civil Aeronautics Board kept the fuel surcharge that airlines are allowed to collect at the lowest level seen this year, amid the usual pickup in travel during holiday season.

The regulator, in a recent advisory, maintained the fuel surcharge at Level 4 for the second consecutive month in November.

This means that for next month, passengers will pay additional P117 to P342 for domestic flights and P385.70 to P2,867.82 for flights abroad.

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Fuel surcharges are additional fees by airlines to help them recover fuel costs. These are separate from the base fare, which is the actual amount paid by the passenger for his or her seat.

Under Level 4, passengers going to Caticlan, Legaspi, Kalibo and Roxas are charged additional P184 while those flying to Laoag, Iloilo, Bacolod, Cebu and Puerto Princesa are paying P232 in fuel surcharge.

Airlines will collect a fuel surcharge of P296 for flights to Dumaguete, Tagbilaran, Siargao and Cagayan and P318 for flights to Zamboanga, Cotabato and Davao.

The applicable fuel surcharge for flights to Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vietnam and Cambodia will be P385.70; China, P523.68; and Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia, P533.42.

Those flying to Indonesia, Japan and South Korea will pay fuel surcharge amounting to P600; Australia and Middle East, P1,327.14; and North America and the United Kingdom, P2,731.26.

For now, airlines are bracing for busier operations this holiday season as passengers book their flights to visit their friends and family and go on a vacation here and abroad.

AirAsia Philippines sold over 50,000 seats just for passengers traveling this Oct. 30 to Nov. 3, anticipating more bookings in the coming weeks. INQ