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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 8:43 am
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Originally Posted by graraps
I got an award ticket for travel on KE issued a week ago.

Fuel surcharge: 0. Total "taxes and charges": 72 Euros.

Therefore we can safely conclude that other airlines have already deviated from the model.
Did they ever levy surcharges to begin with? How important a competitor to BA is KE? I think it is a reasonable conclusion that BA acts as a price leader for most "full service" air fares ex-UK, other airlines tend to take their cue from BA in the UK market.
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