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by klr » Tue Apr 02, 2013 7:01 pm
I know there was a related thread some time ago, about a particular case involving a passenger who took up two seats, to the detriment of another passenger. I can't find it right now though.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-22001256
The head of Samoa Air has defended the airline's decision to start charging passengers according to their weight.
Chris Langton told Australia's ABC Radio that it was "the fairest way of travelling".
Rather than pay for a seat, passengers pay a fixed price per kilogram, which varies depending on the route length.
Samoa Air flies domestically and to American Samoa. It is thought the move could encourage other airlines to introduce similar policies.
"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.
Anyone who travels at times has felt they have been paying for half of the passenger next to them."
Under the new model, Mr Langton described how some 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.
Air Samoa's rates range from $1 (65p) to around $4.16 per kilogram. Passengers pay for the combined weight of themselves and their baggage.
Mr Langton also suggested that the move had helped promote health awareness in Samoa, which has one of the world's highest levels of obesity.
"People generally are becoming much more weight conscious. That's a health issue in some areas," he told ABC Radio.
Mr Langton said he believed that charging by weight was "the concept of the future."
"People generally are bigger, wider and taller than they were 50 years ago," he said. "The industry will start looking at this."
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by Azathoth » Tue Apr 02, 2013 7:49 pm
Their rugby team's tour overheads just skyrocketed.
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by klr » Tue Apr 02, 2013 7:50 pm
Azathoth wrote:Their rugby team's tour overheads just skyrocketed.
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by Xamonas Chegwé » Tue Apr 02, 2013 7:54 pm
Azathoth wrote:Their rugby team's tour overheads just skyrocketed.
I think you'll find that the rugby club is from Samoa - the airline is from
American Samoa - which is a different place...
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by klr » Tue Apr 02, 2013 7:56 pm
Xamonas Chegwé wrote:Azathoth wrote:Their rugby team's tour overheads just skyrocketed.
I think you'll find that the rugby club is from Samoa - the airline is from
American Samoa - which is a different place...
Ah, but it probably flies to and from Samoa as well. Although maybe not as far as Australia and New Zealand, where most of the best Samoan players go to make a living
and change their nationality.
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by JimC » Tue Apr 02, 2013 9:57 pm
What do you expect from the cannibal isles?
Mind you, $4 per kg isn't bad...
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by klr » Tue Apr 02, 2013 10:06 pm
JimC wrote:What do you expect from the cannibal isles?
Mind you, $4 per kg isn't bad...
Free range cannibal islanders? Who knows: It might eventually ... take off.
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by JimC » Tue Apr 02, 2013 10:08 pm
klr wrote:JimC wrote:What do you expect from the cannibal isles?
Mind you, $4 per kg isn't bad...
Free range cannibal islanders? Who knows: It might eventually ... take off.
And I'm absolutely with you about the free-range thing; ethically sounder, and probably better flavour as well...
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