Airline where fat fliers pay more: Passengers pay a fixed price per kilogram
Worldwide, Daily news | ankakh | April 2, 2013 23:39
Samoa Air has started to charge passengers for a plane seat according to how much they weigh.
Under the new model passengers pay a fixed price per kilogram for the ticket price, which varies depending on the route length.
Head of Samoa Air Chris Langton told Australia’s ABC Radio that it was ‘the fairest way of travelling.’
Air Samoa’s rates range from $1 (65p) to around $4.16 per kilogram reported News.com.au.
‘People have always travelled on the basis of their seat but as many airline operators know airlines don’t run on seats they run on weight and particularly the smaller the aircraft you are in the less variance you can accept in terms of the difference in weight between passengers,’ Mr Langton told ABC radio.
Mr Langton said that families with children were now paying cheaper fares.
‘There are no extra fees in terms of excess baggage or anything – it is just a kilo is a kilo is a kilo,’ he said
Passengers can also add their baggage weight on – there are no separate fees because of excess baggage.
Samoa Air flies domestically and to American Samoa – it is thought the move could encourage other airlines to introduce similar policies.
Airline seats are literally growing with demand and last year Airbus announced that it will be providing extra-wide seats for overweight passengers as number of obese passengers creeps up.
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