BA Gouges Passengers with £79 Fuel Surcharges

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Ryanair News

News Release
29.04.08

RYANAIR GUARANTEES NO FUEL SURCHARGES EVER as BA Gouges Passengers with £79 Fuel Surcharges

Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, today (Tuesday, 29th April 2008) renewed its guarantee of ‘no fuel surcharges ever’ as British Airways announced that it is to increase its unavoidable fuel surcharge by £15 to £79 per one-way flight. BA is buying fuel at $40 less than current market rates and is 60% hedged at $79 per barrel until the end of June. Today’s increase is just another BA rip-off as its fuel surcharges are unavoidable and applied to every single ticket.

Speaking today, Ryanair’s Peter Sherrard said:

“British Airways’ £79 fuel surcharge is more than twice the cost of Ryanair’s average fare of £30. There is no justification for imposing this price hike, which passengers cannot avoid, when BA is buying fuel for $40 below current market rates.

“Passengers who want to avoid this great fuel surcharge scam should log onto http://www.ryanair.com immediately, where we are currently giving away 1 million seats for £10, with a guarantee of no fuel surcharge ever.”