The reduction follows the recent, sustained decrease in the price of crude oil.

Virgin Atlantic, one of the world's leading long-haul airlines,has announced that it would be reducing its passenger fuel charges.

The charges will be cut by up to £13 per sector depending on the destination and class of cabin. Economy passengers will pay £10 less on shorter sectors and £13 less on longer sectors; Premium Economy passengers will pay £5 less on shorter sectors and £6.50 less on longer sectors.

The new fuel charges will be:

Economy Premium Economy Upper Class  
Shorter sectors £68  £83 £98
Longer sectors  £96  £114.50  £133

Longer sectors are London to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Beijing Tokyo, Shanghai, Sydney, Mauritius, Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Hong Kong.