AirAsia To Weigh Their Passengers And Charge The Fat Ones
August 6, 2008
AirAsia X, the long-haul arm of Air Asia has been considering weighing their passengers to calculate the overall weight of the aircraft and also potentially imposing extra fees for overweight passengers.
The General Manager, Darren Wright (possibly an Australian) said that the company would consider this measure especially in the wake of rising fuel costs.
He also added that this move would also help Aussies to lose some weight.
This piece of news has reached news sources all over the world, and most of them have identified Air Asia as a Malaysian-based carrier (Nama negara busuk lagi, hahaha).
http://www.gulfnews.com/business/Aviation/10234545.html
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1511586.ece
Of course, Air Asia has now denied this plan, and chief executive Azran Osman Rani had indicated that the General Manager was just joking.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/news/airasia-x-denies-plan-to-weigh-passengers/2008/08/05/1217702022645.html
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24130684-2,00.html
Ah well, I guess Australians say the darndest things too, eh?
“I’m sorry sir, you’ll have to buy 3 tickets.”
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5 Responses to “AirAsia To Weigh Their Passengers And Charge The Fat Ones”
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no no no..ithats not fair! Being fat is bad enough. Now even the airplane wants to discirminate fat ppl!
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August 6, 2008 at 5:16 pm
is there a need for them to do so??
they are charging very strictly for overweight luggage already..
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August 6, 2008 at 6:03 pm
Oh man, this means I’m fucked lah. Probably have to buy 3 tickets too. The bastards.
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August 6, 2008 at 7:23 pm
LOL. That’s a good one.
Does that mean that skinny people get to pay less? :p
August 7, 2008 at 2:15 am
pinky,
Supposedly they just want to make sure the airplane does not go overweight gua. I wonder, hehe.
weiqi,
Actually some airlines in US got rule that if the passenger is seriously obese, they will have to purchase another ticket.
constant drama,
But I don’t think AirAsia has 4 seats side-by-side.
I’ll probably have to get 4
MisSmall,
Hahhaa, most likely not laaaa. Else, ppl will really start to lose weight.
August 7, 2008 at 3:47 pm