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Bangalore, June 2 Kingfisher Airlines and Simplify Deccan, part of the UB Group, have decided to increase fuel surcharge from Tuesday.

An official with the UB Group said that the surcharge will be increased by Rs 300 for sectors under 750 km and Rs 550 for sectors over 750 km. Capt G.R. Gopinath, the Vice-Chairman of Deccan Aviation, which runs Simplify Deccan, said that the airline was being forced to raise the price because of the increase in ATF by 18.5 per cent by state-owned oil public sector undertakings. He said the airlines will have to undertake various cost reduction measures to tide over the crisis.

He said the airline may also consider route rationalisation for very short haul flights because of the Bangalore International Airport which is far away from the city. “I have always maintained that the new international airport will lose passengers to trains and buses because it is located far away from the city,” he said.

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