Air New Zealand takes the body weight of its international passengers

For the past few days, Air New Zealand has been taking its international passengers on the scale, before boarding, to find out their body weight.

“We conduct a survey to measure the average weight of our passengers, including carry-on baggage, on international flights,” the company said in the statement. Travel warning.

This approach is justified for security reasons: “We need to know the weight of all items on board. For passengers, crew and hand baggage, we use the average weights obtained every five years from this survey.”

Those who care about their weight, do not panic!

For exercise, Air New Zealand is sensitive to using devices that don’t display a person’s weight in plain sight. The devices used transmit data directly to a computer, which saves this data anonymously among thousands of other passengers.

“Participation is completely voluntary and our staff will guide passengers through the weigh-in process,” the carrier said. This process does not delay flights and takes place before the boarding gate. »

The following statement concludes the travel warning: “Thank you for contributing to the safe operation of our aircraft.”