Flair says the surcharge differs depending on the route and is clearly shown at the time of booking.<\/p>\n
As of Monday, domestic round-trip flights included a $40 fee, while certain international routes\u2014like Calgary to Puerto Vallarta\u2014had a $60 surcharge, the Calgary Herald\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n
Flights to the U.S. did not appear to have this extra charge. The airline said the fee applies on a market-by-market basis.<\/p>\n
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Sunwing Vacations adds $50 surcharge<\/p>\n
Canadian airlines and tour operators are taking different approaches to handling the situation.<\/p>\n
As PAX previously reported<\/a>, WestJet Rewards, starting April 8, will introduce a temporary fuel surcharge of $60 on all bookings made with a companion voucher.<\/p>\n \u201cWe will continue to assess the surcharge and adjust as conditions allow,\u201d airline spokesperson Julia Kaiser wrote in an email to PAX on April 3.<\/p>\n \u201cFuel is the largest contributor to airline operating costs, and a temporary surcharge helps us manage the recent surge in fuel prices. While airfares can be adjusted and have greater flexibility in pricing, the nature of our companion vouchers does not allow for this same flexibility.\u201d<\/p>\n In an updated statement circulated Tuesday (April 7), the WestJet Group said a fuel surcharge of $50 per person will apply to bookings with Sunwing Vacations and Vacances WestJet Qu\u00e9bec that are made as of April 14 (existing travellers and bookings will not be affected).<\/p>\n The surcharge will be included within the regular taxes and fees at the time of booking and is applicable to all Sunwing and Vacances WestJet Qu\u00e9bec bookings, the company said<\/p>\n \u201cWestJet airfares and WestJet Vacations packages reflect current operating costs and will continue to fluctuate based on market supply and demand,\u201d the company said.<\/p>\n \u201cWe appreciate our guests\u2019 understanding as we navigate these unprecedented cost pressures and remain committed to providing exceptional travel experiences to our guests.\u201d<\/p>\n Air Canada Vacations\u00a0(ACV) has also announced its own measure to address rising fuel costs.<\/p>\n As PAX reported<\/a>, a fixed $50 per-passenger surcharge, as of April 6, will be applied to new ACV sun bookings that include a flight component.<\/p>\n The fee will be applied and reflected within the selling taxes and surcharges at the time of booking, said ACV, noting that existing bookings will not be affected.<\/p>\n The $50 surcharge applies exclusively to ACV\u2019s sun packages and does not extend to Air Canada\u2019s mainline operations.<\/p>\n Air Canada spokesperson Peter Fitzpatrick told PAX that the airline is managing fuel costs through fares, which \u201ccontinually go up and down in response to a variety of factors, such as but not limited to demand, competition and costs.\u201d<\/p>\n Porter Airlines, too, has taken measures to mitigate rising costs. Recently, the airline announced<\/a> a temporary surcharge on VIPorter flight redemptions.<\/p>\n In a message sent to VIPorter members, the airline said the charge will be applied as a \u201cPeak Surcharge\u201d on all reward bookings, per passenger, each way.<\/p>\n Porter expects the charge to be temporary, saying it will be removed once oil prices stabilize.<\/p>\n Rising prices, reduced routes<\/p>\n Rising prices are the latest sign of the economic ripple effects stemming from the United States and Israel\u2019s war with Iran.<\/p>\n The closure of the Strait of Hormuz\u00a0has strained global oil supplies and led to a spike in the price of oil and a larger increase in the price of jet fuel, which typically accounts for approximately 20 per cent of an airline\u2019s costs.<\/p>\n As previously reported<\/a>, airlines worldwide have warned that a surge in fuel prices could cost the airline industry hundreds of millions of dollars, leading to higher ticket prices\u00a0<\/a>and reduced flight routes.<\/p>\n Edmonton is one city that\u2019s already seeing some reduced flight access. As reported<\/a> in the Edmonton Journal, WestJet is planning to reduce some routes this spring as its deals with jet fuel prices.<\/p>\n \u201cFuel prices continue to rise, and as a result we have adjusted our flying to align with demand and best manage associated fuel costs,\u201d the company wrote in an email to Postmedia.<\/p>\n \u201cThis includes consolidating flights on lower demand routes and adjusting the travel period for seasonal offerings. We have reduced capacity across our network by approximately one per cent in April and three per cent in May, which included some flights in Edmonton.\u201d<\/p>\n Guests impacted by the changes have been provided recommendation options within the same day as their original departure, the company said.<\/p>\n Lorn Sheehan, a professor with the faculty of management at Dalhousie University in Halifax, told CTV News\u00a0<\/a>that airlines don\u2019t have many avenues to recover from fuel increases.<\/p>\n \u201cI think [airlines] are trying to be as sensitive as they can, knowing that consumers are incredibly price sensitive when it comes to the cost of airline travel,\u201d Sheehan told the outlet. \u201cWhen prices go up, discretionary travel, vacations, and pleasure travel tends to fall.\u201d<\/p>\n The cost of waiting<\/p>\n Alberta-based travel advisor Hidar Elmais of Travel Gurus said his agency has seen a big jump in airfares over the past month.<\/p>\n Speaking recently\u00a0<\/a>with Yahoo News, Elmais noted that he\u2019s urging travellers to book sooner rather than later, warning prices are expected to continue climbing over the next year.<\/p>\n \u201cWaiting is costing people hundreds of dollars,\u201d he told the outlet. \u201cPeople are waiting a week or two and they\u2019re coming back to us saying, \u2018OK, let\u2019s book those flights,\u2019 and they\u2019re thousands of dollars more expensive.\u201d<\/p>\n Don’t miss a single travel story: subscribe to PAX\u00a0<\/a>today! \u00a0Click here<\/a> to follow PAX on Facebook<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As jet fuel prices climb due to shortages tied to ongoing Middle East\u00a0conflict, more Canadian travel companies are…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":588455,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":["post-588454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-edmonton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/588455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}