Airline puts international passengers on the scales pre-flight
Airline travellers are long familiar with having their luggage weighed before boarding a flight – but beginning this week until July 2, Air New Zealand will also be weighing passengers. To be specific, 10,000 international passengers on international flights.the effort a"survey" and explained it is part of a Civil Aviation Authority requirement. It's also completely voluntary.
As expected from an airline, Air New Zealand said it weighs “everything that goes on the aircraft – from the cargo to the meals onboard, to the luggage in the hold.” But as shapes and sizes of travellers vary, that standard is often contested. At a time when many airlines are adding extra rows of seats to an already compact passenger compartment, a more accurate weight could make the difference between profit and no profit.The Register:"In short, people are getting heavier and we need to have a way to calculate an average passenger weight that is in line with the times – not a standard from 50 years ago.
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