Kamfanin Jiragen Sama na SriLankan ya gabatar da karin kudin man fetur a kan dukkan farashin jiragen sama tun daga ranar 1 ga Yuli, 2008. An yanke shawarar kara kudin ne saboda tashin farashin mai a duniya da ba a taba yin irinsa ba.
Farashin danyen mai, wanda ya kai kusan dalar Amurka 75 a kowace ganga a shekarar 2007, ya kai dalar Amurka 141 a farkon rabin shekarar 2008, wanda ya samu karuwar kashi 84%. A watan Janairun bana, gangar danyen mai ya kai dalar Amurka 95, kuma ya karu zuwa dala 128 a watan Yunin 2008, wanda ya karu da kashi 35 cikin dari.
Gudun da farashin man fetur ya tashi a duniya shi ne babban kalubale ga dukkan kamfanonin jiragen sama. Babu lokacin gudanar da sauyi. Duk da yake kowane kasuwanci dole ne ya tabbatar da samfurinsa yana nuna farashin samarwa, SriLankan ba ta wuce jimlar karuwar farashin ga fasinjojinta. Yana da, kamar yawancin kamfanonin jiragen sama na kasa da kasa, sun gabatar da karin kudin man fetur, wanda zai fara aiki a ranar 1 ga Yuli, 2008, amma zai dawo da kashi 50% na ƙarin kuɗin da aka kashe. A wannan yanayin na rashin daidaituwa da hauhawar farashin, hanya mafi dacewa don amsa hauhawar farashin mai (man fetur ya ƙunshi kashi 52% na farashin jirgin sama idan aka kwatanta da 27% na jimlar farashin a bara), ita ce ta hanyar mai. kari bisa nisa.
Ƙarin kuɗin ya bambanta bisa ga inda aka nufa. Ƙarin kuɗin jiragen sama na dogon lokaci - Turai / Colombo, Turai / Gabas ta Tsakiya, Turai / Indiya, Turai / Namiji, Gabas ta Tsakiya / Gabas ta Tsakiya da Tokyo / Namiji zai zama $ 80 hanya daya; Matsakaicin jirage masu saukar ungulu - a cikin Indiya, Bangkok/HongKong, Bangkok/Beijing, Dubai/Kuwait da Bombay/Karachi za su kasance $45 hanya ɗaya; kuma don gajerun jirage masu saukar ungulu - Far East/Colombo, Far East/India, Mid Ewast/Colombo da Mid East India zasu kasance $25 hanya daya.
A bara IATA (International Air Transport Association) annabta rikodin ribar na dala biliyan 9.6 ga kamfanonin jiragen sama na 2008. Wannan ba zai zama. Yanzu IATA ta yi hasashen asarar jimillar dalar Amurka biliyan 2.3 da dala biliyan 6.1 ga kamfanonin jiragen sama a shekarar 2008 ya danganta da farashin man fetur. Duk da yake wannan shine girman rikicin da aka haifar a cikin shekara guda, lamarin bai inganta ba duk da hasashen da manazarta ke yi. Wannan halin da ake ciki zai haifar da sake fasalin farashin farashi idan farashin mai bai daidaita ba.
