This airline will weigh passengers before they board
At the airport, weight is no longer limited to baggage, but now extends to passengers. Until July 2, some international travelers boarding Air New Zealand planes will have to weigh themselves before boarding. the reason ? A survey, commissioned by the New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority, that aims to collect data on aircraft payload and weight distribution, according to CNN. Passenger participation is voluntary.
“We weigh everything on board – from cargo, to meals on board, to checked baggage. For customers, crew and carry-on baggage, we use average weights, which we obtain by doing this investigation,” DrOne year communicationAlister James, Air New Zealand’s Director of Cargo Control Optimization.
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Instead of simply weighing their luggage, travelers are now encouraged to weigh themselves on a digital scale at check-in. Participation, which is based on volunteer work, is kept confidential. “We realize that getting on the scale can be intimidating. We want to reassure our passengers, no data will be visible anywhere,” explains Alistair James.
With this initiative, Air New Zealand would like to calculate the average passenger weight more accurately: a survey carried out in 2003 by the New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), which revealed that the average weight of a passenger and their carry-on baggage was 85.4 kilograms , according to Forbes magazine.
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This isn’t the first time Air New Zealand has implemented the measure: domestic travelers took part in a similar survey in 2021, but the survey for international travelers has been delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Among the passengers likely to be weighed are those who will take the direct line between Oakland and New York’s JFK Airport, a 17-hour flight, one of the longest in the world.
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