Tiny island-hopping airline Samoa Air recently introduced pay-by-weight pricing, altering ticket prices according to the weight of passengers and their bags. Samoa Air's fleet consists of two nine-passenger planes and one three-passenger air taxi; like most vessels of that size in the region, passengers and cargo must be weighed before take-off for safety purposes. Samoa Air is the first to use that system for pricing.
Curious, we checked out the pay-by-weight calculator on Samoa Air's website. Passengers enter their weights to get a "guesstimate" price. Though potentially mortifying, the system is also charmingly frank: mass is mass, a kilogram of body no different than a kilogram of clothes. Nothing to be ashamed of, just something we all deal with, particularly those tasked with making steel ships glide on air. With fees around $1/kg, we calculated the prices for a 93-mile flight from Faleolo to Pago Pago for Kate Moss, Oprah, the Oxford English Dictionary, and more.
Kate Moss in the nineties: $41.50
Kate Moss in the nineties carrying the Oxford English Dictionary: $99.60
Oprah at her heaviest: $99.14
Oprah at her lightest: $66.92
Oprah today: $83.66
$750.28Basra before breakfast
$17,399.12Basra after breakfast
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Uzebkistan Airways
https://www.uzairways.com/en/news/natio ... t-weighingPlease be informed that Uzbekistan Airways airline carries out the procedure of preflight weighing for determination of the average weight of passenger with hand baggage.
According to the rules of International Air Transport Association, airlines are obliged to carry out the regular procedures of preflight control passengers weighing with hand baggage to observe requirements for ensuring flight safety.
After passing check-in on flight and prior to boarding into the aircraft, we will suggest you to pass the procedure of weighing with the special weighing machine placed in the departure gate zone.
The weighing record will only contain the corresponding passenger category (i.e. male/ female/ children). As for the rest, the full confidentiality of results is guaranteed.
We will appreciate your assistance and thank you in advance for the help in the solution of our common task of flight safety!
