AIRLINES BOOST FARES, CITE HIGHER FUEL COSTS.Byline: Daily News EAGAN, Minn. - Northwest Airlines said Saturday Saturday: see week; Sabbath. it has joined the nation's other major airlines in raising domestic fares, adding a surcharge An overcharge or additional cost. A surcharge is an added liability imposed on something that is already due, such as a tax on tax. It also refers to the penalty a court can impose on a fiduciary for breaching a duty. of $20 per round trip to cover the higher cost of jet fuel. No. 5 Continental Airlines posted the higher fares Thursday Thursday: see week. , and by Friday, TWA TWA Time-weighted average, see there and the nation's three largest carriers - United, American and Delta - said they would match the increase. Northwest, the No. 4 carrier, increased fares at least twice earlier this year. The Minnesota-based carrier boosted fares in January and again in March, saying the increases were related to rising fuel costs. ``Fuel prices have continued to be up substantially year over year,'' said Northwest spokesman Jon Austin. ``For us, fuel is a huge cost item. An increase of 1 cent in the price of fuel adds $20 million to $30 million a year to our cost structure.'' Jet fuel prices have been rising along with the price of crude oil, which reached 10-year highs this month. ``The surcharge is certainly justified by the enormous run-up in jet fuel costs,'' said PaineWebber airline analyst Sam (1) (Security Accounts Manager) The part of Windows NT that manages the database of usernames, passwords and permissions. A SAM resides in each server as well as in each domain controller. See PDC and trust relationship. Buttrick. ``But that doesn't mean consumers will continue to book eagerly.'' |
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