{"id":102361,"date":"2022-03-18T06:44:29","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T11:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/?p=102361"},"modified":"2022-03-18T06:44:29","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T11:44:29","slug":"airline-giant-delta-warns-oil-increases-mean-higher-ticket-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/en\/2022\/03\/18\/airline-giant-delta-warns-oil-increases-mean-higher-ticket-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"Airline giant Delta warns oil increases mean higher ticket prices"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"BBC \u2014 Higher oil prices are set to lead to a 10% increase in air fares, according to the boss of one of the world’s biggest airlines.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Delta Air Lines head Ed Bastian told the BBC the final impact “really depends where fuel prices settle”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Oil prices have reached 14-year highs after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Emirates, Japan Airlines and AirAsia are among the big carriers to introduce surcharges on their tickets recently to cover the higher cost of jet fuel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Before the pandemic, in 2019, 200 million customers flew on Delta, making it the world’s second biggest airline by passenger numbers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Bastian said that on a domestic US flight the rise in fuel prices “is probably about $25 on a ticket, that could be anywhere between 5% to 10% at these high levels of oil… and international [flights] will be a bit higher than that”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Delta is planning to introduce fuel surcharges on the international flights which account for about 35% of its business, and increase US ticket prices.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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