Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific, Australia’s Quantas, Malaysia’s AirAsia, Scandinavian airline SAS, and Air New Zealand, have all implemented temporary or permanent surcharges based on air fuel increases. So can we expect price hikes for flights closer to home and will they put a dent in out holiday plans? They have a schedule which it builds around all these flights coming into Dubai connecting to all these flights going out of Dubai so there’s only some tweaks they can do. Wizz Air UK has announced it would operate tailored chartered flights between the UK and the US for European football teams and supporters travelling to the US. Anticipation of ludicrously inflated prices is already a talking point for fans hoping to book transatlantic flights from Ireland.

Source: The Irish Times March 20, 2026 15:37 UTC