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Old Mar 14, 2014, 3:09 am
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Originally Posted by oliver2002
Well, since the price of fuel fell, its now an International/Domestic surcharge covering 'costs that the airlines have little or no control over' I would love to have a surcharge like that, wouldn't you??
Yes- and at some point it begins to push people to not want to fly unfortunately. Perhaps that is why traffic grows so much slower than the IATA traffic trends? Customers are nor stupid nor captive- and fuel charges of 500 EUR border on assuming a customer is one of the two.
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