Scottish-based airline Loganair could deploy its freighter aircraft to take medical or humanitarian aid to eastern Poland if needed.
In an update today, Chief executive Jonathan Hinkles said: "The tragedy of war in Ukraine is all too apparent, and the human consequences of that are clearly - and dreadfully - visible.
"Last week, Loganair made contact with councils and regional governments of the communities it serves to offer assistance with free travel across its route network for people displaced by the conflict.
"We stand ready to help in any way we can, and we've developed contingency plans to deploy our freighter aircraft to fly medical or humanitarian aid directly from Scotland to locations in eastern Poland if the need arises.
"We have also taken every possible step to ensure that none of our supplier base or trading links benefit Russia or Russian interests in any way. I'm confident that there were, and are, no such links in place.
"Closer to home, the economic consequences of the war are also being felt keenly across the airline industry and the entire economy, given the very significant rise in worldwide fuel prices in recent days."
The CEO said Loganair has already fixed the price for more than 50% of its expected fuel volume for the 12 months from April 1, 2022, using financial hedging instruments.
He added: "For the remainder of our fuel volume, the rise in global oil prices equates to an additional cost of £4.7million in the coming year at today's oil price.
"It is simply impossible for us to absorb this impact, especially where airlines including Loganair still face significant uncertainty over the pace of recovery in passenger numbers from the pandemic.
"We've realistically no option but to introduce a fuel surcharge on new ticket sales, which will apply to new sales from March 21 onwards. Many other international airlines have already taken this step.
"This isn't something that we wished to do, nor is it a step that we have taken lightly. Although it will be unwelcome, I trust that this represents a transparent response to worldwide circumstances which is preferable to an opaque, and permanent, increase in basic air fares."
The surcharge of £3.95 per one-way journey will apply on all new bookings made on routes except for those flown under Public Service Obligations. It will be included in the headline price displayed when selecting flights on the Loganair website - but, for full clarity, will be shown separately once flights have been selected into the customer's online basket.
The airline has also laid out the steps for the fuel surcharge's removal as and when global oil prices fall. If the price of Brent crude oil is below $110 per barrel for six consecutive weeks, the surcharge will be halved; if it falls further, below $85 per barrel for six consecutive weeks, then it will be removed completely.
Loganair is the UK's largest regional airline. It is based at Glasgow Airport and its routes include a dozen from Aberdeen.
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