Air fares to increase over doubling of jet fuel prices

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A Kenya Airways ground crew checks-in passengers at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, on August 1, 2020. PHOTO | AFP


Air ticket and freight charges are set to increase after the doubling of jet fuel prices in what threatens to slow recovery from the coronavirus crisis in the aviation industry.

Jet fuel prices have doubled to $ 750 (Sh83,100) per metric tonne in the past year, according to data from the International Air Transport Association and Platts.

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