Originally Posted by BAHumbug
I note they always put the prices up, but if the oil price came down, would they lower the surcharge or remove it ? Almost certainly not...
AF publish removal triggers for the various layers of fuel surcharges they introduce. It's something like:
"Surcharge of €X to be removed when Brent on the XYZ Exchange falls below $40 for 10 consecutive weeks"
"Surcharge of €Y to be removed when crude on the ABC Product Market falls below $47.2 for 8 consecutive weeks"
etc.
I'd be quite surprised if BA don't do this and/or aren't prepared to follow when other airlines abolish their surcharges when/if the price of oil finally goes down.