Singapore Airlines to raise fuel surcharge again

SINGAPORE, June 18 (Reuters) - Singapore Airlines (SIAL.SI), the world's second-biggest airline by market value, said on Wednesday that it will raise fuel surcharges for tickets issued from June 24 due to the sustained increase in jet fuel prices.

The total surcharge now ranges from $180 for flights between Singapore and the United States, to $40 for flights from the city-state to other Southeast Asian countries, the carrier said in a statement.

This is the third time this year the company has raised fuel surcharges, as jet fuel prices JET-SIN have surged 49 percent so far in 2008. (Reporting by Daryl Loo, editing by Neil Chatterjee)