“Why is the fuel cost of the machine built to 250 yuan? It’s more than 500 yuan to buy a flight ticket, and it becomes more than 800 yuan after clicking it. It’s simply a ‘air ticket assassin’.”
“I avoided the ‘ice cream assassin’ this summer, but now I’m facing the ‘air ticket assassin’. The fuel cost is 250 yuan per trip, so farewell!”
Recently, many people have been “dissuaded” by the high fuel cost of the aircraft when booking air tickets, and called them “air ticket assassins”.
The fuel surcharge for air tickets hits a record high
Actually, the airport construction fee of 50 yuan Nothing has changed, but the fuel surcharge has risen.
From 0:00 on July 5, 2022, the fuel surcharge will be charged again, and the adult ticket charging policy will be charged in RMB per passenger on routes below 800 kilometers (inclusive). RMB 100; RMB 200 per passenger on routes over 800 kilometers.
This is the fifth price increase since the resumption of fuel surcharges in February 2022. So far, the fuel surcharge standard for domestic routes has hit a record high.
#Fuel surcharges for air tickets hit a record high# Recently, it has also been on the hot search. Many talents have found that in just a few months, the fuel surcharge has changed from 10 yuan at the beginning, 20 yuan soared to 100 yuan, 200 yuan.
The fuel cost of some routes is more expensive than the ticket< /strong>
After the fuel surcharge increases, if the airport construction fee is added, the airport construction fee plus the fuel surcharge will reach 150 yuan for routes below 800 kilometers. For routes above 800 kilometers, the airport construction fee Fee plus fuel surcharge to 250 yuan.
Zhongxin Finance has noticed that at present, the fuel cost of some domestic air tickets is close to the ticket price, and there is even an upside-down phenomenon that the fuel cost of the machine is more expensive than the air ticket.
For example, from Guangzhou to Guilin on July 12, the adult fare is 99 yuan and the flight The fuel cost is 150 yuan.
From Qingdao to Xi’an on July 12, the adult ticket for some flights is 240 yuan, while the flight Construction fuel costs 250 yuan.
Why do fuel surcharges keep going up?
According to the regulations, when the comprehensive procurement cost of domestic aviation kerosene exceeds 5,000 yuan per ton, the air transport enterprise can charge the fuel surcharge according to the linkage mechanism.
On January 5, 2022, the fuel surcharge was abolished on domestic routes. However, as oil prices continued to rise, the collection of fuel surcharges resumed on February 5. Since then, the fuel surcharge has entered a rhythm of rising once a month, until it rose to a high of 100 and 200 yuan in July.
The price of jet fuel continues to rise, driving up fuel surcharges. According to data from Zhuochuang Information, from February 2022, the ex-factory price of CNPC’s aviation kerosene will continue to rise. In February, the tax-included ex-factory price of each oil unit aviation kerosene (standard product) supplied by PetroChina’s refining and chemical companies to China Aviation Oil and the fuel units (standard products) allocated by China Aviation Oil was 5,374 yuan/ton, which was raised to 9,745 yuan in July. /Ton.
Rising fuel surcharges could ease cost pressures on airlines. According to media reports, Xu Liang, Director of the Office of the Board of Directors and Securities Affairs Representative of Spring Airlines, said in an answer to an investor’s question recently that oil prices are currently at a relatively high level in history, second only to the high point in 2008, and there is also the possibility of a new high after that. , but the domestic passenger fuel surcharge collection policy has a relatively good hedging effect.
May push more passengers to the high-speed rail
Industry insiders predict that in early July , Early and late August is the peak of civil aviation bookings. The summer air ticket itself is rising, and the overall cost of air ticket travel is higher when the fuel cost of the machine is added.
The highest ever fuel surcharge may push more passengers to high-speed rail. Some netizens took the high-speed rail instead because the fuel surcharge was too expensive. “Looking at the air ticket, the fuel cost of the machine building is 250 yuan, so I immediately choose the high-speed rail” “Now it costs 250 yuan for the fuel oil of Shanghai to go back to Beijing? I will take the high-speed train.”
Cheng Chaogong, chief researcher of the Tongcheng Research Institute, believes that the current fuel cost has reached a record high, and the continued increase will weaken the competitiveness of civil aviation relative to high-speed rail to a certain extent, especially the competition between routes within 800 kilometers and high-speed rail will be more prominent. It is also something that airlines need to consider.
Cheng Chaogong said that the increase in fuel surcharges has different effects on different customer groups, and it has little impact on business travelers who are not price-sensitive, and has little impact on the travel of family and tourist groups. Decision-making will have a certain impact, especially for short- and medium-distance travel, and high-speed rail travel may be more preferred.
Zhongxin Finance has noticed that the international oil price has recently corrected, and the fuel surcharge may drop in August. (China News Network)