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Old Aug 11, 2005 | 8:56 am
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Originally Posted by Konsultant
I think this more of an airline greed. Don't the airline buy the "futures" contracts for fuel? So why should pax be slapped with instanteneous hike in fuel surcharge. I think fuel surcharges should be phased in gradually, possibly tied to the oil price.
I seem to recall that AC is not hedging its fuel these days.
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