{"id":520755,"date":"2026-07-02T00:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T00:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/520755\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T00:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T00:28:10","slug":"japan-airlines-increase-fuel-surcharges-despite-falling-jet-fuel-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/520755\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan airlines increase fuel surcharges despite falling jet fuel costs"},"content":{"rendered":"

All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines increased fuel surcharges Wednesday, with fees topping $400 on some long-haul flights. <\/p>\n

The hikes, which apply to tickets purchased in July and August, come even as jet-fuel rates in Asia are dropping. That’s because Japan’s two largest airlines calculate the fees based on averages that lag current prices by several months. <\/p>\n

Jet fuel fell to $113 per barrel Wednesday, from a record high of $242 per barrel in late March, according to data from LSEG. But the surcharges that start this week are based on prices from April and May, which averaged $178.21, according to a JAL press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Why<\/p>\n

Surcharges could have ballooned even higher without budget assistance from Japan’s government to help with soaring energy prices resulting from the Iran war, the airline said. <\/p>\n

Fuel levies on some routes have tripled since the start of the Iran war, with fees to fly to Japan from Hawaii, India and Indonesia jumping from $94 in April to $310 in July, according to ANA’s website<\/a>. JAL’s surcharges are similar.<\/p>\n

The new levies top out at 65,000 yen for flights from North America (excluding Hawaii), Europe, the Middle East and Oceania. That equates to around $400 after the yen hit a 40-year low against the greenback Tuesday<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Fuel surcharges at ANA and Japan Airlines are revised on a bi-monthly basis. So, they’re expected to drop for flights purchased in September and October, reflecting average jet fuel rates in June and July. <\/p>\n

That could help travelers pay for other costs that also increased on July 1. Departure taxes increased from 1,000 yen to 3,000 yen ($18), while visa fees jumped from 3,000 yen to 15,000 ($92) per person<\/a>, in their first increase since 1978. <\/p>\n

\u2014 CNBC’s Matthew Tan and Lim Hui Jie contributed to this report. <\/p>\n

Choose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and never miss a moment from the most trusted name in business news.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines increased fuel surcharges Wednesday, with fees topping $400 on some long-haul flights.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":520756,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[24888,35593,114,357,94903,184,94902,94905,85,46,1437,2400,231,19389,171562,238353,11471,2012,244,94904,3762],"class_list":["post-520755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-adventure-travel","tag-airlines","tag-business","tag-business-news","tag-business-travel","tag-economy","tag-family-travel","tag-hospitality-and-leisure-industry","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-japan","tag-life","tag-lifestyle","tag-luxury","tag-luxury-travel","tag-passports-and-visas","tag-south-korea","tag-tourism","tag-travel","tag-vacation-costs","tag-vacations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}