Tag Archives: Passengers

False claims that there’s a help desk in Vienna Airport for passengers who accidentally travel to Austria rather than Australia are circulating on Facebook and Threads. 

One post, shared 33,000 times on Facebook, says: “If you’re having a bad day, just remember that the airport in Vienna has a counter for people who flew to Austria instead of Australia.” 

The same claim about nearby Salzburg Airport went viral last year. As we pointed out at the time, the claim appears to have come from a photo, which a post on Threads has shared, showing a sign that says: “Sorry, this is Austria not Australia! Need help? Please press the button.” 

Several photos of the sign and the claim have been circulating online for years. One example includes a picture of the…

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…