European airline to weigh passengers as well as carry-on luggage
Finnish airline Finnair started weighing passengers in the hope that they will be better able to estimate the plane's weight.
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Finnish airline Finnair started weighing passengers in the hope that they will be better able to estimate the plane's weight.
“Uh-oh, I can’t see any chippies around here,” says contestant Russell on the first episode of Channel 4’s controversial new travel for weight loss series Around the World in 80 Weighs. Russell, 36 and from Kent, is gazing out from his seat on a luxury coach into the neat suburbs of Tokyo – the capital of a nation with an obesity rate of 4 per cent, compared with Britain’s 25 per cent.
The reality show transports six overweight Britons to slim-waisted Japan as well as nations battling high rates of obesity
Korean Air's decision to weigh passengers follows a similar strategy introduced by Air New Zealand earlier this year.
Airlines weigh passengers in the name of safety and fuel efficiency, often because it's required by law. But whether it's necessary depends on who you ask.