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China News Service, July 9th:
Note, there are also "assassins" in the ticket!
The fuel cost of some flights is more expensive than the ticket
China-Singapore Finance reporter Li Jinlei
"Why is the fuel cost of the machine built to 250 yuan? It's more than 500 yuan to buy an air ticket, and it becomes more than 800 yuan after clicking it. It's a 'air ticket assassin'."
"I avoided the 'ice cream assassin' this summer, but now I'm facing the 'air ticket assassin', which costs 250 yuan for fuel for a trip, 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".
Airfare fuel surcharge hits record high
In fact, the airport construction fee of 50 yuan has not changed, but the fuel surcharge has risen.
From 0:00 on July 5, 2022, the fuel surcharge will be charged again. The adult ticket fee policy is that each passenger on routes below 800 kilometers (inclusive) will be charged RMB 100; each passenger on routes above 800 kilometers will be charged RMB 200 .
This is the fifth price increase since fuel surcharges were reinstated in February 2022.
So far, the fuel surcharge standard for domestic routes has hit a record high.
#Airfare fuel surcharge hits a record high# has also been on the hot search recently. Many talents have found that in just a few months, the fuel surcharge has soared from 10 yuan and 20 yuan at the beginning to 100 yuan and 200 yuan.
The fuel cost of some routes is more expensive than the ticket
After the fuel surcharge rises, if the airport construction fee is added, the airport construction fee plus fuel surcharge will reach 150 yuan for routes below 800 kilometers, and the airport construction fee plus fuel surcharge will reach 250 yuan for routes above 800 kilometers.
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 fuel cost of the machine is 150 yuan.
From Qingdao to Xi'an on July 12, the adult ticket for some flights is 240 yuan, while the fuel cost of machine construction is 250 yuan.
Why do fuel surcharges keep rising?
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 collection of fuel surcharges for domestic routes was cancelled.
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.
Jet fuel prices continued 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 ex-factory price including tax for 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 to the sales branch 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.
Or push more passengers to high-speed rail
Industry insiders predict that early July, early and late August will be 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.
"After looking at the ticket, the fuel cost of the machine building is 250 yuan, and I immediately choose the high-speed rail." "Now Shanghai is going back to Beijing.
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 has little impact on business travelers who are not price-sensitive. Will choose to travel by high-speed rail more.
Zhongxin Finance has noticed that the international oil price has recently corrected, and the fuel surcharge may fall back in August.
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