An airline official said on Friday that Thai Airways is increasing its fuel surcharge because of the rise in oil prices, the surcharge will be between 20 and 35 dollars per passenger on most international flights.

From Monday the effect will increase with the surcharge on most domestic flights. It will increase from 600 baht to 750 baht.

The current charges are between 25 and 205 dollars and the passengers on most international flights will have to pay a fuel surcharge of between 45 and 140 dollars as compared to the current charge.

The Thai Airways executive vice president, Pandit Chanapai said that due to rise in global oil prices, the flag carrier had to adjust with its surcharge to reflect the increase in fuel costs.

Pandit said in a statement that previously the company took hold of these increase and delayed so not to affect the large number of passengers’ travel.

The passengers will continue to pay 25 dollars between Bangkok and most Southeast Asian cities. The service will not be affected by the increase. Hong Kong-Taipei, Dubai-Kuwait, Karachi-Muscat and Chiang Mai-Kunming flights will also continue to pay 25 dollars.

Thai government holds 54.21 percent stake. Thai Airways is in under control of Thai government.