SIA raises fuel surcharge

SIA raises fuel surcharge

SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines (SIA) and its regional wing SilkAir will increase their current fuel surcharge of US$5 to as high as $12 from September to offset escalating oil prices, the carriers said on Thursday.

For flights to Southeast Asian cities, passengers will have to pay a levy of $7, SIA and SilkAir said in separate statements.

The surcharge on all other flights outside of Southeast Asia will increase to $12, they said.

But the levy for the busy Singapore-Kuala Lumpur route will remain at four dollars, SIA said.

"The revised surcharge will help defray, in part, the increase in costs arising from record (oil) prices," SIA said. -- AFP