Japan Airlines Corp., struggling to deal with soaring jet fuel prices, said Thursday it will raise fuel surcharges on international flights by 700 yen to 5,600 yen, depending on the route, starting Oct. 1.
JAL also said it will suspend flights between Nagoya and Manila and cut the number of flights between Tokyo and Chicago starting Oct. 29. The carrier will instead add flights on its profitable routes to Southeast Asia and China.
"Oil prices have been rising and don't seem (likely) to calm in the foreseeable future," JAL Senior Vice President Tetsuya Takenaka told reporters in Tokyo. "We have many long-distance routes and thus consume a large amount of fuel. . . . We will continue our efforts to counter higher fuel prices, but it's more than we can absorb."