Some bus and courier companies have applied surcharges to compensate.
Rather, he said, travel managers can use fuel surcharges to negotiate discounts on the base fare.
Democrats plan to directly link the tax surcharges to education and public safety.
The company has already imposed fuel surcharges to recoup some of its higher costs.
Fuel surcharges to Rio de Janeiro dropped to $170 round trip from $250 in early October.
Airline fares rose as airlines tacked on surcharges to cover higher fuel prices.
Federal Express and others have responded by tacking on fuel surcharges to their rates.
When the oil price soars, the airlines introduce fuel surcharges to reflect exceptional circumstances.
Banks say they need the surcharges to pay for expanding their A.T.M. networks.
Airline fares, however, fell in January despite temporary surcharges to cover rising fuel prices.
On November 21st he was reported to have demanded that they do so by scrapping "all the green crap"—that is, surcharges to promote energy efficiency and renewables.
