A regional airline announced Monday a temporary fuel surcharge in response to the war in the Middle East impacting jet-fuel prices.
Beginning Friday, Alaska Seaplanes and Island Air Express will add a 6% surcharge to customer fares. That surcharge will not apply to freight customers.
Company spokesperson Andy Kline said that, to his knowledge, the company hasn’t put this type of surcharge in place before.
“The word ‘unprecedented’ keeps coming up,” he said.
He said…