ATF price for domestic airlines rise 8.5% as commercial LPG, premium petrol costs spike

New Delhi: The ongoing West Asia conflict continued to hit India’s energy sector on Wednesday, with Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) prices for domestic airlines hiked by a calibrated 8.5 per cent, even as commercial LPG and premium petrol rates were also increased.

ATF or jet fuel for domestic carriers was hiked by Rs 8,289.04 per kilolitre, or 8.56 per cent, to Rs 1,04,927.18 per kl from Rs 96,638.14 per kl last month, according to state-owned oil firms.

Domestic airlines will pay half of what foreign airlines, as well as other carriers such as non-scheduled, ad hoc, and charter, would pay. For them, the prices have gone up by Rs 1,10,703.08 per kl, or 114.5 per cent, to Rs 2,07,341.22 per kl. Though the ATF was, prices were briefly doubled, it was rolled back for domestic airlines after the government intervention.

State-owned oil marketing company (OMC) Indian Oil notified that price of the 19 kg commercial cylinder rose by Rs 195.5 per cylinder, from Rs 1,883 per cylinder to Rs 2,078.5 for each cylinder in Delhi.

Price of select premium, or branded petrol and diesel, which make up for 2-5 per cent of all auto fuels sold in the country, too, was increased by Rs 1.50 a litre to Rs 92.99 for 'Extra Green' diesel and by Rs 11 to Rs 160 a litre for 100 octane petrol (XP100).

Prices of normal, or unbranded petrol and diesel, remain unchanged, and so do the rates of domestic cooking gas LPG.

The Petroleum Ministry stated that while the international oil prices have jumped to over $100 per barrel in one month, "only a partial and staggered increase of 25 per cent (only Rs 15 per litre or Rs 15,000 per kl)" was being passed on to airlines.

The difference between the two was explained by Sujata Sharma, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, as one was the final rate inclusive of all levies and taxes, while the 25 per cent number was the increase on the "base price" of ATF.

Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu termed the partial and staggered increase in ATF price for domestic airlines as "pragmatic and forward-looking, while ensuring that foreign routes bear the full market-aligned price".

Wednesday's hike is the second straight monthly increase in rates. Prices on March 1 were hiked by 5.7 per cent (Rs 5,244.75 per kl).

Rates for the commercial cylinder were increased by Rs 114.5 per 19-kg cylinder on March 1. Domestic cooking gas LPG rates, which were last hiked by Rs 60 per 14.2-kg cylinder on March 7, remain unchanged.

Petrol and diesel prices continue to remain frozen after a Rs 2 per-litre reduction in March last year; petrol currently costs Rs 94.72 per litre in Delhi and diesel Rs 87.62.

"With global petroleum prices up by up to 100 per cent in the last 1 month, PSU OMCs are incurring under-recoveries of Rs 24.40 per litre on petrol and Rs 104.99 a litre on diesel at RSP level as on 01.04.2026," it said.