Skymark Airlines mulling fuel surcharges for domestic flights
Skymark is considering fuel surcharges for domestic flights from spring 2027 as soaring aviation fuel costs and Middle East tensions strain Japan’s airlines.
- Skymark Airlines is considering implementing fuel surcharges on its domestic flights, with a potential start date as early as spring 2027.
- The primary reasons for this consideration are rising aviation fuel costs, driven by the situation in the Middle East, and pressure from the weak yen.
- This potential move follows a trend among Japanese carriers, as Japan Airlines also plans to introduce domestic fuel surcharges and Fuji Dream Airlines already does.
Skymark Airlines is considering implementing fuel surcharges for domestic flights as early as spring 2027, citing rising fuel costs amid the worsening situation in the Middle East, it was learned Monday(April 6).
The Japanese airline believes that corporate efforts alone cannot offset the increased costs. Fuel surcharges are often added to international airfares.
Among Japanese airlines, only Fuji Dream Airlines, a regional carrier based in the central city of Shizuoka, currently adds fuel surcharges to domestic fares.
Japan Airlines also plans to introduce fuel surcharges for domestic flights from April next year. All Nippon Airways has indicated that it will consider following suit in line with fuel-cost trends.
Aviation fuel prices have surged about 2.5 times in the month since the US-Israeli attacks on Iran, according to the Scheduled Airlines Association of Japan. Japanese airlines are also under pressure from the weak yen.
If the situation involving Iran is prolonged, the annual burden on the Japanese industry is feared to increase by hundreds of billions of yen or more.
[Copyright The Jiji Press, Ltd.]
