Air India increases fuel surcharge by up to Rs200

In line with an up to Rs200 hike in fuel surcharge on domestic travel by two private carriers, state-run Air India today increased the same across its domestic sectors by a similar amount.

Air India has raised fuel surcharge by Rs100 for travel up to 750km and Rs200 for flights over 750km, an Air India spokesperson told PTI here.

"The hike was necessitated following the steep spike in aviation fuel prices in the past few months," the spokesperson pointed out.

After the hike, the revised fuel surcharge stands at Rs2,450 and Rs3,300, respectively, the spokesperson said, adding the hike comes into force with immediate effect.

Last week, Jet Airways and Kingfisher had raised fuel surcharges by Rs100 and Rs200 on their domestic sectors effective from January 1 following a two per cent hike in jet fuel prices effected by oil marketing companies.

Oil marketing companies have been increasing ATF prices as the international crude price has already crossed $92 a barrel last week.

Last week's hike was second in two weeks as the oil companies had increased aviation turbine fuel (ATF) price by a hefty 3.6% on December 15 too.

Following today's surcharge increase, travel to sectors such as Mumbai-Hyderabad, Mumbai-Ahmedabad, Thiruvananthapuram-Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram-Coimbatore will be dearer by Rs100, whereas flyers on the Mumbai-Delhi, Delhi-Hyderabad, Delhi-Kolkata, Mumbai-Bangalore and Mumbai-Kochi sectors will have to shell out Rs200 more per ticket as these fall above 750km distance.