BBC News - Samoa Air boss defends charging passengers by weight
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Rather than pay for a seat, passengers pay a fixed price per kilogram, which varies depending on the route length.
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Air Samoa's rates range from $1 (65p) to around $4.16 per kilogram. Passengers pay for the combined weight of themselves and their baggage.
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"Airlines don't run on seats, they run on weight, and particularly the smaller the aircraft you are in the less variance you can accept in terms of the difference in weight between passengers,"
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"Anyone who travels at times has felt they have been paying for half of the passenger next to them."
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Under the new model, Mr Langton described how some families with children were now paying cheaper fares. "There are no extra fees in terms of excess baggage or anything - it is just a kilo is a kilo is a kilo," he said.
Mr Langton said he believed that charging by weight was "the concept of the future."
