Passengers of South Korea’s largest airline Korean Air will be required to step on weighing scales before boarding their flights.
Korean Air confirmed on its website that it would be “measuring the average weight of passengers along with their carry-on items for flight safety”.
No discrimination intended
The new measure is not a random one nor is it meant to insult or discriminate against passengers of different sizes.
“The data collated anonymously will be utilized for survey purposes and doesn’t mean overweight passengers will need to pay more”, informed an airline official.
To assess impact of weight on safety and performance
The intention is to collect data to measure the average weight of passengers along with their carry-on luggage and analyze its impact on flight…
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