Korean Air and Asiana, 6monthly fuel surcharge 27tiers

Korean Air and Asiana Airlines will apply 6fuel surcharges to international tickets departing Korea and issued in 27. 5Compared with the 33tier applied in 6, this is a drop of . The recent decline in jet fuel prices, which had risen amid instability in the Middle East, is the reason.

6The benchmark used to calculate international fuel surcharges for tickets issued in is the average price of Singapore jet fuel. The calculated price was 410.02cents per gallon and 172.21dollars per barrel. The calculation period ran from 4 to 16, 5 to 15.

Korean Air applied 5after the current fuel surcharge system was introduced in 2016, for the first time, the top tier, 33. At the time, the one-way fuel surcharge on long-haul routes to the Americas was as high as 56 ten-thousand 4,000 won. 6Starting with tickets issued in , application of the top tier will end.

Asiana Airlines’ 6monthly international fuel surcharge, per one-way ticket, is 6ten thousand 8,000won or more, 38ten thousand 2,800won. The amount varies by route distance. It applies to international tickets departing from South Korea.

Asiana Airlines’ 5monthly fuel surcharge was 8ten thousand 5,400won or more, 47ten thousand 6,200won. 6In the following month, the surcharge will fall by as much as 9ten thousand 3,400won, depending on the route. This will reduce the additional cost of overseas travel before the summer peak season.

By great-circle distance, routes of 499miles or less are 6ten thousand 8,000won. 500to999mile routes are 10ten thousand 500won. Other distance bands also carry different amounts.