A British startup wants to weigh passengers to save carbon emissions and money
A British company, Fuel Matrix, has developed technology that would allow airlines to determine passengers’ weights with more precision than the estimated weights they use now, Lonely Planet reports. By Fredrick Kunkle Fredrick Kunkle Reporter covering the experience of travel Email Bio Follow April 18 at 12:58 PM A British start-up would like to know what airline passengers weigh before they board their flights.
The company, Fuel Matrix, has developed technology that would allow airlines to determine passengers’ weights with more precision than the weight estimates they use now. In 2013, Samoa Air became the first airline to weigh passengers and charge a variable kilogram-per-mile rate based on whatever the scale had to say. To some, the method seemed reasonable, since heavier people take up more space and require more energy to move. To others, the move seemed like fat-shaming dressed up as economic fairness.
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