Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
la surcharge fuel
English translation:
fuel surcharge
French term
la surcharge fuel
| 5 +9 | fuel surcharge |
Pauline Teale
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| 4 -2 | the additional cost (incurred) for fuel-oil |
Ghyslaine LE NAGARD
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Apr 22, 2008 06:50: writeaway changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
May 6, 2008 06:09: Pauline Teale Created KOG entry
PRO (1): Expialidocio (X)
Non-PRO (3): Irene McClure, Julie Barber, writeaway
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Proposed translations
United Kingdom
Travel and tourism specialist
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Italian to English
fuel surcharge
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Note added at 30 mins (2008-04-22 05:31:03 GMT)
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Here is a typical example from the internet - there are thousands more. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6734567.stm
New Caledonia
Professional, reliable and confidential
Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France) 
, English (Variants: British, US)
Works in: English to French, French to English, English, and 1 more.
the additional cost (incurred) for fuel-oil
can also be used but I often see additional cost.
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Tony M
: 'surcharge fuel' is actually just a calque of the EN term 'fuel surcharge', and please note that planes don't run on fuel-oil!!!
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It is not a calque o f the English (French 1st recorded in 13th/14th century) fuel-oil is the actual generic term for the various fuels used in planes, I have worked for an oil Cie and know exactly the various types of fuels used such as jet, gasoline..
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Charles Hawtrey (X)
: 'Fuel surcharge' is used in public announcements for extra charges of this sort that airlines use to clobber passengers with, see press reports on the recent BA/Virgin stitch-up http://www.uk-airport-news.info/heathrow-airport-news-200208... //changed!
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Which is my second proposal all you had to do was read it
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