Loganair fuel surcharge

Scottish airline Loganair, now Britain’s largest regional carrier, is to add a fuel surcharge on to new ticket sales.

In a statement it says it is a response to increasing worldwide fuel prices and has laid out the steps for its removal in line with global oil prices falling.

Loganair’s Chief Executive, Jonathan Hinkles, said: “The tragedy of war in Ukraine is all too apparent, and the human consequences of that are clearly – and dreadfully – visible.   

“We have also taken every possible step to ensure that none of our supplier base or trading links benefit Russia or Russian interests in any way.  I’m confident that there were, and are, no such links in place.

The surcharge of £3.95 per one-way journey will apply on all new bookings made on routes save for routes flown under Public Service Obligations. It will be included in the headline price displayed when selecting flights on the Loganair website – but for full clarity, will be shown separately once flights have been selected into the customer’s “on-line basket”.

Hinkles pointed out that the airline had fixed the price of fuel for the 12 months from 1 April 2022 (known as hedging) but could not escape the rise in global oil prices equating to an additional cost of £4.7m in the coming year at today’s oil price.   

The eligibility for the fuel surcharge will be determined by the date of booking and not the date of travel, therefore no fuel surcharge will apply to existing bookings already made.

www.loganair.co.uk

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