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Montreal-based carrier Air Transat is raising its fuel surcharges on flights destined for Britain and Europe as fuel costs continue to surge.
The increase will apply to new reservations for flights departing Wednesday and thereafter.
When the new surcharge is applied, a traveller leaving Canada for Austria will now pay $145, up from $85, in fuel surcharges for one-way travel.
In recent weeks, a number of airlines have announced fuel surcharge hikes, citing the rising cost of fuel. Air Canada raised its ticket prices by $40 for short-haul flights and $80 for flights of more than 1,601.6 kilometres.
Calgary-based airline WestJet is raising its ticket prices by $20 for short-haul flights and $45 for long-haul flights.
WestJet executive vice-president Bob Cummings attributed the price hike to the "unrelenting and unprecedented increases in the cost of fuel over the last year".
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