Aviation turbine fuel News
The GST Council also discussed the imposition of GST on quick commerce services, e-commerce, and food delivery platforms, but no decision was reached.
The government has reduced the windfall tax on domestically-produced crude oil to Rs 5,700 per tonne from Rs 5,700 which is effective from June 1, 2024.
IndiGo, a major Indian airline, halts fuel charge collection on tickets after a surge in jet fuel prices, effective three months post introduction.
Aviation turbine fuel was raised by Rs 2,258.54 per kilolitre, or 2%, to Rs 1,12,924.83 per kilolitre in the national capital.
The hike in fuel costs is due to disruptions in supply chains and the resulting increase in global oil prices as a result of the crisis in Ukraine.
On Thursday, crude oil prices tumbled 7% to slightly above $100 a barrel.
On May 3, aviation turbine fuel price was cut by Rs 6,812.62 per kilolitre, or 23.2 per cent, to Rs 22,544.75 per kl in the national capital, according to a price notification by state-owned oil marketing companies.
Jet fuel price Tuesday was cut by a record 14.7 percent on the back of decline in international rates, making it cheaper than both petrol and diesel.
This comes as a relief to the aviation industry that has been hit hard by high fuel prices.
ATF constitutes approximately 35-40 percent of operational cost of an airline in India.
IndiGo is the first local carrier to announce passing on the burden of spiralling jet fuel prices to the passengers.
Since the jet fuel accounts for 45 percent of an airline's cost of operation, the carriers could think of hiking the prices by up to 15 percent, the experts feel.
An indication to this effect was given by a senior official of an airline here following a meeting with Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha.
In the last review OMCs had not changed the price of both ATF and non-Subsidised LPG.
The oil ministry has taken up with the finance ministry for early inclusion of all the five exempted products in GST.
BP will soon start local sales of aviation turbine fuel.
In the five increases, ATF rates have gone up by 25 percent, or Rs 9,985.87, per kilolitre since March.
With the Government affecting a steep over nine percent hike in aviation turbine fuel (ATF), airlines may increase the price of tickets.
Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF), or jet fuel, price was on Friday hiked by 8.7 percent but that of non-subsidised cooking gas LPG was cut by Rs 4 per cylinder on global trends.
After nearly two years of wrangling, BP plc has won an 'in-principle' approval to retail aviation turbine fuel (ATF) to airlines in India.
The oil firms raised prices of non-subsidised LPG, which consumers buy after exhausting their quota of subsidised cooking fuel, by Rs 49.5 per 14.2-kg bottle.
Jet fuel or ATF price was cut on Tuesday by a marginal 1.2 percent, the third reduction in as many months, while rate of non-subsidised cooking gas (LPG) was hiked by Rs 61.50 a cylinder due to global cues.
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