Air carriers across the board are raising their fuel surcharges to keep pace with rising oil costs. Surcharges for many are now in the 60 to 65 cents per kilo range.
At the same time, both UPS and FedEx hiked add-on fees for packages delivered by ground to 3.75 percent of the shipping rate from the previous 3.5 percent. FedEx also raised its U.S. air shipment fuel surcharge to 13.5 percent of the shipping rate, up from 12 percent. The increases affect approximately 19 million shipments a day, and customers are now paying an additional $2 on each air delivery and about 25 cents on ground items because of fuel surcharges by UPS and FedEx.
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