S.Atlantic : MOD Increase Airbridge Ticket Prices
Submitted by SARTMA.com (Juanita Brock) 26.03.2008 (Article Archived on 09.04.2008)

The Ministry of Defence are increasing ticket prices for civilian passengers on the airbridge.

                                           MOD Increase Airbridge Ticket Prices

                                                          By J. Brock (FINN)

Notification has been received from the Ministry of Defence that the Airbridge airfares will be increased on 1 April 2008.

Details of all the new fares will shortly be available from the Secretariat and the FIC Flight Booking Agency, and will be published in the Penguin News. The Duty Fare which is payable by residents of the Falklands Islands will increase from £1169 to £1255 which is an increase of approximately 7%.

To put the new Duty Fare into context, the return Duty Fare in 2006 was £1280, and this was reduced in April 2007 to £1169. So the new Duty Fare is actually less than that charged in late 2006.

New fares will apply to all bookings made from 25 March onwards for flights departing 1 April onwards. 

The MOD has explained that the current increase in fares is due to increases in crew, maintenance, and other operational costs, particularly sharp increases in fuel costs.