| China announces 20 pct cut in airline fuel surcharge |
BEIJING, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government on Wednesday announced a cut of 20 percent in the fuel surcharge on domestic flights from later this week, days after a reduction in the wholesale price of aviation kerosene.
The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the country's economic planning agency, said the 100 yuan (12.9 U.S. dollars) surcharge per air passenger on domestic flights of or beyond 800 km would be reduced to 80 yuan (10.3 U.S. dollars) from Sunday.
The agency also said the 60 yuan (7.7 U.S. dollars) surcharge per passenger on flights of less than 800 km would be cut to 50 yuan (6.4 U.S. dollars).
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