Airlines could soon charge overweight passengers more for tickets

A debate is brewing over whether airlines should adopt weight-based pricing, charging passengers based on their weight to reduce fuel consumption and emissions.

This discussion follows a broader trend of U.S. airlines implementing fees for checked baggage, which began in 2008 with , and has since become standard practice.

While Samoa Air's 2013 'fat tax' , Finnair recently conducted a three-month voluntary data collection initiative, gathering passengers' weight along with their carry-on luggage.

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