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Old 5th June 2008, 04:10 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Default BA: Traffic and Capacity Statistics - May 2008

In message <3d7f445lnrupoq5066c9ku4trf1dopfcim@>, at 08:04:09 on
Thu, 5 Jun 2008, Joe Curry <egph@blueyonder.co.uk> remarked:
>>>Hopefully BA will show a decrease next time figures are released?

>
>>It gives every indication of simply increasing as fuel prices increase.
>>It's not a new thing, BA first introduced them in 2004, and they've had
>>plenty of time to adjust base prices to the inevitable, if that's what
>>you are hinting at.

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>It is..one wonders if BA will again be taken to task by regulators..


They've only been criticised for colluding over fuel surcharges, not the
concept of having a fuel surcharge at all.

The OFT has been pressing for airline websites to make the "final price"
clear, not worrying too much about what the components are.
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