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Miscellaneous => Aviation News => Topic started by: mhm on March 25, 2013, 09:23:03 AM
It may only have a slim chance of succeeding but a pay-as-you-weigh airline pricing scheme has been suggested.
Heavier passengers would pay more for their plane tickets and lighter ones less under plans put forward by a Norwegian professor.
Dr Bharat P. Bhatta wrote in a magazine article that weight and space should be taken into account when airlines price their tickets.
http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/3173750
I think this will kill of passenger travel, then air fares will rise to cover the shortfall