Airline commits to removing it, but warns that jet fuel prices are unlikely to return to pre-war levels. FlySafair chief marketing officer Kirby Gordon said on Wednesday that the airline itemises the surcharge on every ticket as a line item and reviews it weekly, adding that longer routes burn more fuel and therefore carry a higher surcharge. There will be a new normal,” he said, adding that it is unrealistic to expect that jet fuel prices will get back to pre-conflict levels soon. Gordon said it is tough to know right now what will happen to jet fuel prices in the short term. Multi-level vulnerability to jet fuel priceGordon pointed out that the price of jet fuel has more than doubled over the past year, while the price of petrol has ‘only’ risen by about a third.