Jet fuel prices cut by over 2.9%

16 May 2011 Evaluate

In the first reduction in more than seven months, state-owned oil companies cut jet fuel price by over 2.9 per cent after international oil rates cooled off from two-year high .Oil companies reduced ATF (air turbine fuel) price by Rs 1,766 per kilolitre or 2.9 per cent, to Rs 58,794 per kilolitre in Delhi. In Mumbai, ATF price has been reduced by Rs 1,827 to Rs 59,602 per kilolitre. The reduction in ATF price has come after 14 successive hikes since October, 2010, when international crude oil prices started soaring.

The ATF price in Delhi on October 1, 2010 was Rs 40,728.52 per kl. The rates were increased by Rs 19,831.48 per kl, or 48.7 per cent till April 30, when last price hike was announced. Fuel cost accounts for 40 per cent of the airlines’ operating cost and rates vary from airport to airport depending upon the local sales tax.

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