Thailand's Low Cost Airlines to implement Fuel Surcharge

Three of Thailand’s low cost airlines, Nok Air, One-Two-Go, and Thai AirAsia, today announced a fuel surcharge to reflect the ever-increasing cost of aviation fuel. The carriers’ fuel surcharge, effective 1 May 2005, will be THB200 (excluding VAT) per ticket for domestic flights, and THB400 for international flights (this may vary depending on the international destinations’ regulations). 

“With the constantly escalating cost of aviation fuel, and its serious impact on all our operating costs, it is necessary to put in place this fuel surcharge”, said Patee Sarasin, CEO of Nok Air. “Needless to say, as low cost carriers, the last thing any of us want to do is to raise our prices, but in this current situation we have had no choice but to implement the surcharges. All of us have been equally affected and can no longer absorb these additional costs. The surcharge will help us but it certainly does not cover what we have had to absorb over the past several months. We plan on reviewing the situation quarterly from here on out, so as to reflect the market”

“The airlines have been facing the growing pressure of the ever increasing world oil prices since the beginning of the 2005. Now, with oil prices reaching their highest level, we have all been forced to levy this surcharge to offset the costs of aviation fuel. The airlines will adjust the surcharge once the situation is back to normal”, noted Tassapon Bijleveld, CEO of Thai AirAsia. 

“We think our passengers, and those looking at purchasing our tickets, will understand why this surcharge was necessary. We will be reviewing the situation regularly, and certainly hope that oil prices will stabilize, and even go down” concluded Udom Tantiprasongchai, CEO of One-Two-Go.

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