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Fuel surcharge amendment

17 August 2009 (Updated: 10 September 2009)

The fuel surcharge on travel between Japan and New Zealand will be increased for tickets issued on or after 1 October 2009.


>> For tickets issued by 30 September 2009

Terms of application

Fuel surcharge:
Fuel surcharge of JPY9,500 and an insurance surcharge of JPY300 per flight sector will be added to the fares between Japan and New Zealand.
The combined amount of these surcharges will be shown on the ticket as the tax code YQ.
Effective from:
1 October 2009
Date of application:
17 August 2009
Effective until:
31 December 2009 (To be reviewed for tickets issued on or after 1 January 2010.)
Conditions:
The surcharge amount will be applied to adults, children and infants. The surcharge is also applied to reward tickets. If tickets are required to be refunded, the cancellation fee is not applied to the surcharge.

Conditions of revision

Air New Zealand will review Singapore Kerosene jet fuel price on every May, August, November and February, and apply to the governments for the revision of the surcharge of each period shown in Table 1 when the average price of the recent 3 consecutive months will be lower than the prices shown in Table 2. When this average price goes lower than USD50 per 1 barrel, we will remove the fuel surcharge.

Table 1

Effective date
(based on the date of issue)
Timing of review Price to be reviewed
1 April February Average price of November to January
1 July May Average price of February to April
1 October August Average price of May to July
1 January November Average price of August to October

Table 2

Singapore Kerosene jet fuel price Fuel surcharge
(per 1 barrell) (JPY per sector)
Below USD70 ¥ 6,500
Below USD60 ¥ 4,000
Below USD50 Removed

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