BA's fuel surcharge was just £2.50 when it was first introduced in May 2004, and it has been hiked 7 times since then. But BA's not the only one to charge its passengers petrol (or rather jet fuel) money - Virgin introduced a £2.50 charge on its transatlantic flights, also in May 2004.
The Times points out that Virgin and BA have hiked their fuel surcharges almost in tandem since then. The two airlines raised their charges at the same time and by almost exactly the same amount, five times between May 2004 and September 2005. The only difference was the hike in June 2005, where Virgin raised the surcharge from £16 to £25, while BA hiked it from £16 to £24. The OFT has of course stressed that “no assumption should be made that there has been an infringement of competition law.”
So basically they are going after BA because they raised their "price" by £24 during a time when the fuel price more thant doubled.
What a load of
