{"id":272666,"date":"2026-04-11T13:24:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T17:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=272666"},"modified":"2026-04-11T13:24:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T17:24:03","slug":"cal-announces-introduction-of-fuel-surcharge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/cal-announces-introduction-of-fuel-surcharge\/","title":{"rendered":"CAL announces introduction of fuel surcharge"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

CMC \u2013 Caribbean Airlines (CAL) on Friday announced the immediate introduction of a fuel surcharge on all tickets, saying it is to help offset a portion of rising costs due mainly to the war in the Middle East involving the United States, Israel and Iran, that has led to significant increases in oil and gas prices.<\/strong><\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

CAL said the fuel surcharge of between US$15 and US$25 per sector will apply, varying based on route, adding \u201cit should be noted that there is no increase in the airline\u2019s base fares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe surcharge is an applicable flat rate that is added in the ‘taxes\/fees’ breakdown on the overall cost of a ticket\u201d.<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

CAL said that it is important to note that it does not fully compensate for the increase in fuel expenses and Caribbean Airlines continues to absorb a significant share of these costs to minimise the impact on customers.<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

It said that customers who purchased tickets prior to Friday \u201cwill not incur any additional charge\u201d and that the adjustment comes in response to the continued increase in global jet fuel prices \u201cwhich remain of the most significant cost drivers in airline operations\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CAL said that as of this month, jet fuel prices have remained \u201celevated and airlines worldwide had to implement cost measures to manage these increases\u201d.<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

It said that the fuel surcharge will apply to all regional and international routes with the exception of the domestic travel between Trinidad and Tobago \u201cwhich remains unaffected\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe appreciate the understanding of all our loyal customers and stakeholders as we navigate these global cost pressures, while continuing to prioritise the overall travel experience,\u201d CAL added.<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CMC \u2013 Caribbean Airlines (CAL) on Friday announced the immediate introduction of a fuel surcharge on all tickets, saying it is to help offset a portion of rising costs due mainly to the war in the Middle East involving the United States, Israel and Iran, that has led to significant increases in oil and gas […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":246912,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-272666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nCAL announces introduction of fuel surcharge - Antigua News Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/cal-announces-introduction-of-fuel-surcharge\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CAL announces introduction of fuel surcharge\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CMC \u2013 Caribbean Airlines (CAL) on Friday announced the immediate introduction of a fuel surcharge on all tickets, saying it is to help offset a portion of rising costs due mainly to the war in the Middle East involving the United States, Israel and Iran, that has led to significant increases in oil and gas […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/cal-announces-introduction-of-fuel-surcharge\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Antigua News Room\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-11T17:24:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-11T17:24:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Picture-2.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/cal-announces-introduction-of-fuel-surcharge\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/cal-announces-introduction-of-fuel-surcharge\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\"},\"headline\":\"CAL announces introduction of fuel surcharge\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-11T17:24:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-11T17:24:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/cal-announces-introduction-of-fuel-surcharge\/\"},\"wordCount\":279,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/cal-announces-introduction-of-fuel-surcharge\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1440\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Picture-2.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/cal-announces-introduction-of-fuel-surcharge\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/cal-announces-introduction-of-fuel-surcharge\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/cal-announces-introduction-of-fuel-surcharge\/\",\"name\":\"CAL announces introduction of fuel surcharge - Antigua News Room\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/cal-announces-introduction-of-fuel-surcharge\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/cal-announces-introduction-of-fuel-surcharge\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1440\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Picture-2.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-11T17:24:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-11T17:24:03+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/cal-announces-introduction-of-fuel-surcharge\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/cal-announces-introduction-of-fuel-surcharge\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/cal-announces-introduction-of-fuel-surcharge\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1440\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Picture-2.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1440\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Picture-2.jpeg\",\"width\":1600,\"height\":1200,\"caption\":\"Caribbean Airlines\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/cal-announces-introduction-of-fuel-surcharge\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"CAL announces introduction of fuel surcharge\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/\",\"name\":\"Antigua News Room\",\"description\":\"News As It Happens\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Antigua Newsroom\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg\",\"width\":1260,\"height\":1260,\"caption\":\"Antigua Newsroom\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/AntiguaNewsRoom\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/antiguanewsroom\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\",\"name\":\"Editor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96\",\"caption\":\"Editor\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/author\/editor\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"CAL announces introduction of fuel surcharge - Antigua News Room","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/cal-announces-introduction-of-fuel-surcharge\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"CAL announces introduction of fuel surcharge","og_description":"CMC \u2013 Caribbean Airlines (CAL) on Friday announced the immediate introduction of a fuel surcharge on all tickets, saying it is to help offset a portion of rising costs due mainly to the war in the Middle East involving the United States, Israel and Iran, that has led to significant increases in oil and gas […]","og_url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/cal-announces-introduction-of-fuel-surcharge\/","og_site_name":"Antigua News Room","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom","article_published_time":"2026-04-11T17:24:01+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-04-11T17:24:03+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1600,"height":1200,"url":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Picture-2.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Editor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@AntiguaNewsRoom","twitter_site":"@AntiguaNewsRoom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Editor","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/cal-announces-introduction-of-fuel-surcharge\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/cal-announces-introduction-of-fuel-surcharge\/"},"author":{"name":"Editor","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5"},"headline":"CAL announces introduction of fuel surcharge","datePublished":"2026-04-11T17:24:01+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-11T17:24:03+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/cal-announces-introduction-of-fuel-surcharge\/"},"wordCount":279,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/cal-announces-introduction-of-fuel-surcharge\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1440\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Picture-2.jpeg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/cal-announces-introduction-of-fuel-surcharge\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/cal-announces-introduction-of-fuel-surcharge\/","url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/cal-announces-introduction-of-fuel-surcharge\/","name":"CAL announces introduction of fuel surcharge - Antigua News Room","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/cal-announces-introduction-of-fuel-surcharge\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/cal-announces-introduction-of-fuel-surcharge\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1440\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Picture-2.jpeg","datePublished":"2026-04-11T17:24:01+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-11T17:24:03+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/cal-announces-introduction-of-fuel-surcharge\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/cal-announces-introduction-of-fuel-surcharge\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/cal-announces-introduction-of-fuel-surcharge\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1440\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Picture-2.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1440\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Picture-2.jpeg","width":1600,"height":1200,"caption":"Caribbean Airlines"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/cal-announces-introduction-of-fuel-surcharge\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"CAL announces introduction of fuel surcharge"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/","name":"Antigua News Room","description":"News As It Happens","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization","name":"Antigua Newsroom","url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg","width":1260,"height":1260,"caption":"Antigua Newsroom"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom","https:\/\/x.com\/AntiguaNewsRoom","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/antiguanewsroom\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5","name":"Editor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96","caption":"Editor"},"url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/author\/editor\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272666"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":272667,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272666\/revisions\/272667"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/246912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}