Price increase, price increase, price increase!

Say important things three times:

In fact, it is also three consecutive increases!

According to reports, from October 5, 2023, the fuel surcharge collection standard for domestic flights will be raised for the third time this year.

Adjusted criteria:

70 RMB per passenger for routes below 800 km (inclusive).

Routes over 800 kilometers are 130 yuan per passenger

Compared with before the adjustment, they are up 10 yuan and 20 yuan respectively.

There is only a gap of 10 yuan from the all-time high.

That is to say, to buy a ticket, in addition to the fare, the fuel surcharge plus the Civil Aviation Development Fund will pay an additional 180 yuan.

This is equivalent to the ticket price of the high-speed rail from Beijing to Jinan.

Based on the calculation of transporting more than 50 million people a month, the average fuel surcharge per person is 110 yuan, and the fuel surcharge income of national aviation is about 6 billion yuan.

The reason for the sharp increase in fuel surcharges is the rising price of jet fuel.

In the year since June 2022, international crude oil prices have fallen all the way, from more than $120 per barrel to less than $70, a drop of more than 40%.

However, in June, the situation changed sharply, and the international crude oil price turned upward.

Oil prices went all the way higher as Saudi Arabia and Russia joined forces to drastically limit crude oil supplies.

Aren't the Americans going to sanction Russia?

Isn't it about controlling oil prices?

The price limit order failed to hit Russian crude oil exports, and now the Russians have instead fleeced.

At the end of May, the price of U.S. oil was $68 per barrel

At the end of June, the price of U.S. oil was $70 per barrel

At the end of July, the price of U.S. oil was $82 per barrel

At the end of August, the price of U.S. oil was $84 per barrel

At the end of September, the price of U.S. oil exceeded $90 per barrel

40% increase in three months

It's not far from the $100 price either.

It is expected that in October, the price of domestic aviation fuel will return to above 8,000 yuan / ton

Although, airlines can pass on part of the cost by charging a fuel surcharge.

But after the National Day is the off-season, there are fewer passengers, and the fare sensitivity is engaged, can airlines pass on costs without limit and increase surcharges?

In fact, after October, airfares are bound to fall.

On the one hand, the price of air tickets is discounted, and on the other hand, fuel surcharges are charged to passengers.

This kind of behavior is difficult for Brother Yi to understand.

Similarly, why the Civil Aviation Development Fund should keep receiving it, Brother Yi can't figure it out.

After all, the method of killing chickens and collecting eggs cannot be carried out for a long time.

The questions are:

If oil prices remain high or even rise again, what will airlines do?

Once the traveler votes with their feet, it's troublesome!