Hot Newsuna game No change in fuel surcharge in Feb, says CAB
Passengers flying next month will still pay the same amount of fuel surcharge as the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) kept it at Level 4, the lowest in recent years.
WASHINGTON – The United States on Friday reported a budget deficit of $1.8 trillion for the past year, widening from 2023’s level on greater spending, including for interest on the public debt.
This is the fifth consecutive month the CAB did not implement a fuel surcharge adjustment. Prior to this, fuel surcharge was at Level 5 back in September last year.
Passengers will pay additional P117 to P342 for domestic flights and P385.70 to P2,867.82 for flights abroad under Level 4.
Article continues after this advertisementFuel surcharges are additional fees by airlines to help them recover fuel costs. These are separate from the base fare, which is the actual amount paid by the passenger for his or her seat.
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Under Level 4, passengers going to Caticlan, Legaspi, Kalibo and Roxas are charged additional P184 while those flying to Laoag, Iloilo, Bacolod, Cebu and Puerto Princesa are paying P232 in fuel surcharge.
Article continues after this advertisementAirlines will collect fuel surcharge of P296 for flights to Dumaguete, Tagbilaran, Siargao and Cagayan and P318 for flights to Zamboanga, Cotabato and Davao.
slot masterArticle continues after this advertisementThe applicable fuel surcharge for flights to Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vietnam and Cambodia will be P385.70; China, P523.68; and Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia, P533.42.
Article continues after this advertisementThose flying to Indonesia, Japan and South Korea will pay fuel surcharge amounting to P600; Australia and Middle East, P1,327.14; and North America and the United Kingdom, P2,731.26.
Local airlines have been widening their networks to cater to the growing needs of their passengers.
Article continues after this advertisementCebu Pacific flew this week its maiden flight between Manila and Sapporo, its fifth destination to Japan. The budget airline also flies to Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya and Fukuoka.
This came a few months after it launched the inaugural flight to Chiang Mai from Manila, the only direct flight to the popular northern Thai city from the country.
Philippine Airlines, meanwhile, announced that it would increase the frequency of its flights between Clark and Busuanga to seven times weekly from four times by March 1.
In total, PAL will offer a total of 42 weekly flights to Busuanga following this. It also operates flights to the Coron gateway from Manila and Cebu.
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The flag carrier will also increase its Cebu-Siargao flights to a total of 18 weekly flights on Mar. 1una game, providing passengers more options to fly to the surfing capital of the Philippines. —Tyrone Jasper C. Piad
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