Cathay Pacific passengers to pay 22% less on fuel fee for most tickets bought in Hong Kong
- Fuel surcharge for long-haul destinations will be reduced from HK$923 to HK$719 from next month
The one-way fuel surcharge for flights between Hong Kong and Australia, Europe, the United States and other long-haul destinations will be reduced from HK$923 (US$118) to HK$719 effective from July 1 for tickets bought in the city.
The fee for flights between Hong Kong and India and Bangladesh will drop from HK$440 to HK$343, while the fees for other short-haul flights will decrease from HK$207 to HK$161.
Similar adjustments will also be rolled out for tickets issued in Canada, New Zealand and other places. Flights originating from mainland China, Japan and the Philippines will all be excluded from the update.
The fee updates were made public on Friday, with the airline saying the surcharges were adjusted “in accordance with fuel prices” on a monthly basis.
Brent crude, the international benchmark, has been hovering near the US$80 mark in recent weeks since hitting a high of more than US$90 a barrel in early April.
The airline last updated the fee in January when the fuel surcharge for long-haul flights was reduced from HK$1,127 to HK$923.
Cathay’s budget airline, HK Express, has yet to reveal its surcharge rates for July. It currently charges HK$205 or every one-way ticket from Hong Kong.
Hong Kong Airlines’ current fuel surcharge for short-haul tickets starts at HK$165, while that of Greater Bay Area Airlines is fixed at HK$265. The two carriers have not yet revealed the new surcharge levels for tickets issued from next month.
The city lifted regulations on passenger fuel surcharges for flights departing the city in September 2018, after imposing a ban on the fee for more than two years.
The Civil Aviation Department said it would deregulate the cargo fuel surcharge from January next year after a six-month lead-in period.
