Stuck At The Airport » Charge by weight http://boardingarea.com/blogs/stuckattheairport Expert advice about airports and airport amenities Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:23:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Setting air fares by weight http://boardingarea.com/blogs/stuckattheairport/2008/06/13/setting-air-fares-by-weight/ http://boardingarea.com/blogs/stuckattheairport/2008/06/13/setting-air-fares-by-weight/#comments Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:15:00 +0000 Harriet Baskas http://boardingarea.com/blogs/stuckattheairport/2008/06/13/setting-air-fares-by-weight/ Musings of the Global Traveller

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]]> Folks were intrigued to learn about Derrie-Air, a new “carbon-neutral luxury airline” that charges passengers by the pound. It turned out to be a publicity stunt, but it got folks talking about the concept of treating passengers more like freight.

The folks at NAAFA, the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance, found it “sort of funny,” but ultimately “preposterous.” But as you can read in my Well-Mannered Traveler column on MSNBC.com, others thought it was actually a great idea.

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