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Thursday, 7/2, 12:10 AM
Why Your LAX-Tokyo Ticket Just Got $400 Pricier, Even as Fuel Falls
- Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways are charging record fuel surcharges this summer — about ¥65,000, or roughly $400, each way on transpacific routes — even though jet fuel prices have eased.
- The reason lies in a lagging government formula and a weak yen, not the price at the pump.