NWA To Charge $80 Fuel Surcharge

On July 31, Northwest Airlines confirmed that they would be charging passengers an $80 fuel surcharge. This new surcharge will apply on travel to and from roughly 7,000 routes beginning on January 10, 2009.  Northwest claims that they are just matching surcharges that have been added by their competitors. 

Recently the number of airlines that are adding fees and surcharges has subsided. This could be because the price of oil has dropped; meaning that the surcharges that were instilled earlier this year are helping the airlines' bottom line. Whatever the case may be, lets hope that airlines have stopped adding on fees and surcharges.