This airline will weigh passengers before they board the plane

At the airport, the weight is no longer limited to luggage, but now extends to passengers. Until 2 July, some international passengers boarding Air New Zealand aircraft will have to weigh themselves before boarding. the reason ? A survey conducted by the New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority aims to collect data on loading and weight distribution in aircraft, according to him CNN. Passenger participation is voluntary.

“We weigh everything that enters the plane – from cargo to in-flight meals to carry-on baggage. For customers, cabin crew and cabin baggage, we use the average weights, which we obtain while conducting this investigation,” he points out. DrOne year I reportedAlistair James, Load Control Improvement Manager, Air New Zealand.

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Instead of simply weighing their bags, travelers are now required to weigh themselves on a digital scale during check-in. Participation, based on volunteer work, remains confidential. “We know that stepping on the scale can be intimidating. We want to reassure our passengers that there will be no visible data anywhere,” says Alistair James.

Through this initiative, Air New Zealand wants to calculate the average passenger weight more accurately: a survey was conducted in 2003 by the New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), which revealed that the average passenger weight, carry-on weight and baggage weight were 85.4 kilograms, according to Forbes.

This is not the first time Air New Zealand has implemented this measure: domestic travelers participated in a similar survey in 2021, but the survey for international travelers was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Among the passengers likely to be weighed are those who will take the direct line between Auckland and New York’s JFK Airport, a 17-hour flight, one of the longest in the world.

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