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Originally Posted by Lukas M
With oil now trading at US$85 a barrel at this timeframe, just interested as to what it averaging around the same time last year...?
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Interesting question.
I just had a look at historical exhange rates.
Back in 2004 the AUd was sitting around 72c US - Not to far from where it is now and oil was around the $60 per barrel mark.
From 2004
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/...784049180.html
"The airline will lift its one-way fuel surcharge for Qantas domestic, QantasLink and Jetstar flights by $2 to $12. One-way surcharges for international flights will rise $7 to $29.
"With jet fuel now at more than $US60 a barrel and showing no sign of falling, an increase in the airline's fuel surcharge was unavoidable," Qantas chief financial officer Peter Gregg said in a statement.
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International flights are now upto $190 on some routes!