Chinese airlines, including flag carrier Air China SSE:601111, will cut fuel surcharges on domestic flights from July 5, according to notices some airlines released this week.

  • The carriers will cut fuel surcharges for flights of 800 km (497 miles) or less to 50 yuan ($7.37) from 80 yuan.

  • Fuel surcharges for flights of more than 800 km will be cut to 100 yuan from 150 yuan, the notices showed.

  • Chinese airlines had lowered domestic fuel surcharges in June, the first since the start of the war in Iran.

  • Chinese airlines tend to revise fuel surcharges for domestic flights in tandem, state media has said, suggesting other carriers could follow suit in the coming days.

($1 = 6.7802 Chinese yuan renminbi)