AN AIRLINE has announced passengers will be WEIGHED before boarding for “safety reasons”. It is no longer enough to simply check your luggage on the scales. South Korean airline giant, …
"The data collated anonymously will be utilized for survey purposes and doesn't mean overweight passengers will need to pay more."This comes asAir New Zealand carried out the survey on more than 10,000 travellers.
Alastair James, a load control specialist, told Seven Sharp: "We know stepping on the scales can be daunting. We want to reassure our customers there is no visible display anywhere."For passengers or customers, crew and their cabin bags, we use an average weight and that average weight comes from this survey."It was a requirement of the country's Civil Aviation Authority and Air New Zealand goes through the process every five years.
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