rear Air New Zealandpassengers on Korean Air, South Korea’s largest airline, are asked to get on the scale before boarding the plane. Independent report. Confirmed by Korean Air. website It will “measure the average weight of passengers and carry-on items for flight safety”.
This process is used to determine the weight distribution of the aircraft and should be calculated every five years.
Weighing will be done before boarding and at the gate. Korea Times report.
This initiative has already been implemented for domestic passengers at Gimpo International Airport from August 28th to September 6th, followed by international passengers at Incheon International Airport from September 8th to September 19th. there is
For passengers who are uncomfortable with the process, the airline said it anonymously weighs both passengers and luggage. If passengers are still skeptical and choose not to participate in these weighings, they can opt out by informing staff.
Once all the data is collected, it will be shared with South Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism to help airlines determine how much fuel they need and how to distribute weight onboard the aircraft.
“The anonymously collated data will be used for research purposes, but it does not mean that overweight passengers will have to pay extra,” the airline said.
In July this year, Air New Zealand began weighing passengers on international flights departing from Auckland International Airport. The flag carrier said the program, which the airline called Passenger Weight Study, is a way to collect data on the weight load and distribution of aircraft.
Described as an “essential” effort, the study is used to determine the average customer weight that pilots need to know before departure.