surcharge

Example Sentences

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It’s already starting to sting—some European airlines are adding fuel surcharges to plane tickets.

From Barron's

Elliott cautioned that consumers are going to start seeing fuel surcharges show up in gasoline prices, although this will take a few months to start flowing into other parts of the economy.

From MarketWatch

Postal Service will impose its first-ever surcharge on packages to cover the rising cost of fuel, according to two people familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal

Fuel accounts for between a quarter and a third of the operating costs of airlines, and some have already begun to pass along the higher costs to consumers by adding surcharges or hiking fares.

From Barron's

Delta added fuel surcharges to international routes and raised base fares for domestic flights in the past couple of weeks, Esposito said.

From MarketWatch