Rising Fuel Tax

Airport Tax, War Risk Tax & Fuel Surcharge is part of the fare you need to pay on top of you airticket. Airport tax is for individual Airport. War Risk Tax is also known as the "Osama Tax" that was implement by the airline after 9/11 incident. But the most scary surcharge is the "Fuel Surchrge", Fuel Surcharge is implement by the airline to cushion the raising fuel prices around the world. Why i say it is scary, because this surchage keeps on rising as fuel price keeps on soaring.... records breaking high.... That is why i say scary..

Airtickets are now cheaper then 10 yrs ago.. especially when Budget Airlines come into Asian Market... but With the Fuel Surcharge rising.. you think it is still that cheap...?

Fuel Surcharge and War Risk Tax are classified as YQ Tax.

(YQ As per 7/5/2008)
If you fly from SIN to Beijing (5 hrs flight by SQ), the YQ tax is S$234
If you fly from SIN to Taipei (4 hrs flight by SQ), the YQ tax is also S$234
If you fly from SIN to South Korea (7 hrs flight by SQ), the YQ tax is still S$234
If you fly from SIN to Bangkok (2 hrs flight by SQ), the YQ tax is S$98
If you fly from SIN to Hong Kong (4 hrs flight by SQ), the QY tax is S$44

FOOD FOR THOUGHT.....
So meaning to say, flying to South Korea (7 hrs flight) is more worth than to taipei...
But then.. flying to Hong Kong too 4 hrs same as flying to Taipei but Taipei QY tax is higher.....
I was thinking that flying longer distance should required more fuel thus i'm wrong.. Or airline charge YQ tax to cover up their cheap and below cost airfare?

I really don't know how airline justified their YQ tax? Should they go by the Aircraft type or should they go by the distance... ?? Should there be more transparency and a ISO YQ tax calculation? Just like airticket MCP... Different Airline are charging different amount of YQ Tax to the same destination...

Customers ask me why different airline different charges, and i answer them that, ooh got different brand of fuel mah, just like there are Mobil, Shell, BP, Petronas, etc.... and different type of fule catergories eg. 98Unleaded, V Power etc....