{"id":385764,"date":"2026-03-13T04:03:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T18:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/fare-hikes-incoming-cathay-pacific-doubles-fuel-fees-amid-war\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T04:03:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T18:03:21","slug":"fare-hikes-incoming-cathay-pacific-doubles-fuel-fees-amid-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=385764","title":{"rendered":"Fare Hikes Incoming: Cathay Pacific Doubles Fuel Fees Amid War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hong Kong&#8217;s flag carrier, <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"78897\"style=\";  ;\" class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/cathay-pacific\/\"  >Cathay Pacific<\/a><\/span>, recently announced it would be increasing its fuel surcharge on the majority of its route network, as the aviation industry continues to <a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/air-new-zealand-cuts-1000-flights-fuel-price-surge\/\" >feel the pinch and surging costs of fuel<\/a> amid the <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"3613047\"style=\";  ;\" class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/2026-iran-aviation-crisis\/\"  >2026 Iran Crisis<\/a><\/span>. The airline, which announced the additional charge in its latest Fuel Surcharge Update, noted that he cost of fuel has more than doubled since the escalating situation emerged in the <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"32947\"style=\";  ;\" class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/middle-east\/\"  >Middle East<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cathay Pacific passengers brace for a hefty price hike as the airline doubles fuel surcharges amid escalating tensions in the Middle East.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19759,396,476,696,118,1467,1745],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-385764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2026-iran-crisis","category-aircraft","category-airlines","category-cathay-pacific","category-china","category-fuel-cost","category-hong-kong-international-airport"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=385764"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":385798,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385764\/revisions\/385798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=385764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=385764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=385764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}