The Airline has completely removed its Fuel Surcharge on all tickets to short-haul and medium-haul destinations. These include all cities in India and the Middle East, as well as Bangkok, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, Beijing, Male, and Karachi.
The Fuel Surcharge on fares between Colombo and just five long-haul destinations - London, Paris, Frankfurt, Rome, Tokyo - has also been greatly reduced.
SriLankan introduced the Fuel Surcharge in July this year for short, medium and long-haul journeys when fuel prices reached a record high $147 per barrel of crude. Fuel prices have declined in recent months.
The effects of crude oil price reductions take some time to impact on the cost of aviation fuel, and SriLankan is anticipating that it will begin reaping the benefit of reduced fuel prices by January 2009. The Airline will nevertheless be closely monitoring the movement of fuel prices as this has a direct impact on profitability.
SriLankan has also significantly increased the fuel efficiency of its aircraft fleet, and begun replacing its older aircraft with newer ones that are more fuel efficient. The first of its new Airbus A320's arrived on 30th November.
Sri Lanka's award-winning airline now flies to 45 destinations in 25 countries throughout Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
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SriLankan Airlines removes Fuel Surcharge from most fares
- United Arab Emirates: Saturday, December 06 - 2008 at 16:16
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SriLankan Airlines has removed its present Fuel Surcharge on fares throughout almost its entire route network with effect from 1st January, in order to pass on the benefits of reduced fuel prices to passengers.
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About SriLankan Airlines:SriLankan Airlines is expanding its Middle East operations, most recently adding two weekly services to Jeddah to its network starting March 27. The airline also increased its frequencies into Qatar and Bahrain recently, taking the airlines total frequencies into the Middle East to 45 flights a week. The airline has also recently opened up new routes into Asia adding a third weekly service to Goa and launching double daily services to Mumbai earlier this year. The growing number of services to India takes SriLankan Airlines closer to the 100 flights a week mark, and reinforces its position as the foreign carrier with the most number of frequencies into ten key cities across India.
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Posted by Siba Sami AmmariSaturday, December 06 - 2008 at 16:16 UAE local time (GMT+4)
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