Rise in British airways Fuel Surcharge affecting family holiday

British Airways pronouncement to increase their fuel surcharge by £10 is hampering the decision of family holiday abroad. This affect is due to the shooting price rise of oil which has reached $90 per barrel mark. It has added to the expenditure of passengers traveling from British flight as they are already paying higher Air Passenger Duty (APD) and now they are spending more on taxes and surcharges. It has made wide range of a difference in amount passengers are spending on British air ways service return ticket to New York. Such as before passengers including cost and tax use to pay £122 but now they have to pay £352.

Due to this rise economy-class seats will charge £63 because of increase in fuel surcharge on flights to the Middle east and New York where as return flight will cost £126. With rise in fuel surcharge airline Industry is making maximum benefit of the situation. Airline Industry is not any more providing any discounted seats which were available in abundance at the time of recession. The amount of money they wasted to attract their passengers is being retrieve from them by making them pay for extra cost and taxes. It is to be notice that passengers who has already booked the British airlines for family holiday or business affair need not to pay any extra amount.