Press Release
JAL Maintains International Fare Fuel Surcharge from January 2010
Tokyo, November 6, 2009: The JAL Group has requested for approval from the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) to maintain the current level of fuel surcharge on all international passenger tickets issued between January 1 and March 31, 2010.
The price of Singapore kerosene-type jet fuel during the 3 month period from August to October 2009 averaged US$78.04 per barrel. With reference to the fuel surcharge benchmark list for FY2009 (see below), this corresponds to Zone B where fuel surcharges range from 300 yen on a Japan - Korea ticket to 10,000 yen on a Japan- Brazil ticket per person per sector flown, on tickets purchased in Japan.
The fuel surcharge to be placed on tickets issued from April to July 2010 will be reviewed based on the average price of fuel for November 2009 through to January 2010.
The company is continuously conducting a wide range of countermeasures to limit the full impact of the price increase including fuel hedging, fuel consumption reductions, and the introduction of more fuel-efficient small and medium-sized aircraft to its fleet.
Despite these measures, the company is reluctantly obliged to ask its international passengers to bear part of the burden caused by the increase in the price of fuel.
Fuel Surcharge for the period: January 01 - March 31, 2010*
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Route |
Fuel Surcharge Level: Unchanged at Zone B
Av. Price of fuel May - Jul ‘09 = US$ 71.41 /barrel |
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|
(Per person per sector flown) |
For sales in Japan |
For sales outside Japan |
|
Japan-Korea |
￥300 |
US$3.00 |
|
Japan-China, Hong Kong, Taiwan |
￥1,500 |
US$15.00 |
|
Japan- Guam, Philippines, Vietnam |
￥2,000 |
US$20.00 |
|
Japan- Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand |
￥3,000 |
US$30.00 |
|
Japan- Hawaii, India, Indonesia |
￥4,000 |
US$39.00 |
|
Japan- Canada, Mexico, Europe, Middle East, Oceania, USA (excl. Hawaii) |
￥7,000 |
US$69.00 |
|
Japan-Brazil |
￥10,000 |
US$98.00 |
|
New York－San Paulo |
￥3,000 |
US$30.00 |
|
Amsterdam－Madrid |
￥500 |
US$5.00 |
|
Within Europe, Oceania |
￥300 |
US$3.00 |
|
Within Asia, Hawaii, North America, |
￥100 |
US$1.00 |
*For full details about JAL’s fuel surcharge policy, please refer to http://www.jal.co.jp/en/other/info2006_0714.html
- Applicable to all international passenger tickets issued on or after January 01, to March 31, 2009.
- The surcharge applies to flights operated by Japan Airlines and its subsidiaries, including JAL code-share flights operated by other airlines.
- The planned level of fuel surcharge is subject to government approval.
Fuel Surcharge Benchmark List for Fiscal Year 2009(for the year ending Mar 31, 2010)
For the convenience of customers and travel agents, the following chart provides details of the fuel price benchmarks (US$/bbl) JAL uses, to determine the amount of fuel surcharge (JPY￥) placed on tickets per person per sector flown.
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|
A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
F |
G |
|
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Fuel Price (US$/bbl) Singapore Kerosene Hedge |
Below US$60 |
From US$60 - under US$70 |
From US$70 - under US$80 |
From US$80 - under US$90 |
From US$90 - under US$100 |
From US$100 - under US$110 |
From US$110 - under US$120 |
From US$120 - under US$130 |
|
Japan－Korea |
No fuel surcharge |
￥200 |
￥300 |
￥500 |
￥1,000 |
￥1,500 |
￥2,000 |
￥2,500 |
|
Japan－China, Hong Kong, Taiwan |
￥500 |
￥1,500 |
￥2,500 |
￥3,500 |
￥4,500 |
￥5,500 |
￥7,000 |
|
|
Japan - Guam, Philippines, Vietnam |
￥1,000 |
￥2,000 |
￥3,000 |
￥4,000 |
￥5,000 |
￥6,500 |
￥8,000 |
|
|
Japan－Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand |
￥1,500 |
￥3,000 |
￥4,500 |
￥6,500 |
￥8,500 |
￥10,500 |
￥13,000 |
|
|
Japan－Hawaii, India, Indonesia |
￥2,000 |
￥4,000 |
￥6,000 |
￥8,500 |
￥11,000 |
￥13,500 |
￥16,000 |
|
|
Japan - Canada, Europe, Mexico, Middle East, Oceania, USA (excluding Hawaii) |
￥3,500 |
￥7,000 |
￥10,500 |
￥14,000 |
￥17,500 |
￥21,000 |
￥25,000 |
|
|
Japan－Brazil |
￥6,500 |
￥10,000 |
￥13,500 |
￥17,000 |
￥21,000 |
￥25,000 |
￥29,000 |
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