KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airlines Bhd has increased its average fares by 20-30 per cent to cushion the impact of higher jet fuel prices, which have risen by about 90 per cent compared with levels before the Middle East conflict.

Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG) president and group chief executive officer Captain Nasaruddin A. Bakar said the fare increases are not enough to fully recover the additional fuel costs.

"We have increased the average fare by about 20-30 per cent. This can be replicated either through fuel surcharge or increase of fares but that's to cushion the impact for the fuel price."

"Having said that, the fuel price increase is very high. It's about 90 per cent more than pre-war.