No rise in AirAsia fuel surcharge for now

SEPANG: AirAsia will not raise its fuel surcharge despite the rise in world crude oil prices, which topped US$99 (RM335) a barrel Wednesday.
“No, not at the moment. One must build a sustainable business, at whatever the cost of oil is,” AirAsia Bhd founder and group chief executive officer Datuk Tony Fernandes told reporters at the AirAsia Academy after two signing ceremonies.
He added that heavier planes required more fuel, “but it’s not fair to put a fuel surcharge on someone who’s not carrying a bag, as opposed to someone who’s carrying six bags.
“We like to investigate different ways of doing different things,” he said.
Earlier, AirAsia signed an agreement with Aviation Australia to have its existing technicians trained in aircraft maintenance, fulfilling the requirements by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).
AirAsia X, the group's long-haul budget carrier, also signed a five-year agreement with Tourism Queensland to promote Gold Coast, Australia.
AirAsia X chief executive officer Azran Osman Rani said currently there were four flights a week to Gold Coast. Its first flight there was on Nov 2.
“We plan to increase it to a flight a day, as more aircraft become available,” Azran said.
Also present at the event was Australian Tourism, Regional Development and Industry Minister Desley Boyle, Tourism Queensland chairman Don Morris, and Aviation Australia chief executive officer Paul Bredereck.

tunku : that's airasia way of making money.first they introduce the express boarding and RM10 - RM15 are charged. Now they wants to charge for the luggage and telling monkey stories about the fuel surcharge thing.Just imagine if they charge RM5 per kilo (currently RM8 for extra luggage).A normal weight for a person's bag would be 10-15 kilos, that means already RM50 - RM75.what about hand luggage? if they will impose this then they should not charge the passengers the fuel surcharge which currently they are charging.i just wish that airasia would have a competitor rather than them monopolizing the LCC business alone.after all airasia is given a lot of privilege because of kalimullah and you know he is a nominee of ...... Hope Firefly will fly to all airasia domestic destinations so that we will see healthy competition.