CAB keeps airline fuel surcharge unchanged for May
LEVEL 4 FOR 2ND STRAIGHT MONTH

CAB keeps airline fuel surcharge unchanged for May

/ 02:01 AM April 23, 2025

UP, UP AND AWAY Travelers are bracing themselves for the increase in fees at Ninoy Aquino International Airport. —INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

Good news for airline passengers, no change in the fuel surcharge for May. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

MANILA, Philippines – Airline passengers will pay the same fuel surcharge next month after the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) kept it at a record-low at a time when more Filipinos travel for their summer getaways.

CAB, in its latest advisory, maintained the fuel surcharge at Level 4 for the second consecutive month.

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Passengers will still pay an additional P117 to P342 for domestic flights and P385.70 to P2,867.82 for flights abroad under Level 4.

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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 an additional P184 while those flying to Laoag, Iloilo, Bacolod, Cebu and Puerto Princesa will pay a P232 fuel surcharge.

Effective April 21

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

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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 a fuel surcharge of P600; Australia and Middle East, P1,327.14; and North America and the United Kingdom, P2,731.26.

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Prior to this, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (Caap) also announced that plane ticket prices had increased with the hike in passenger service charge (PSC).

Effective April 21, the PSC for international flights rose to P900 from P784.

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For domestic flights, passengers will have to pay P350 if they are departing from international airports; P300, principal class 1 airports; P200, principal class 2 airports; and P100, community airports. PSC for domestic flights was P200 previously. INQ

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