• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Business Report
    • 20 Top Research Organisations
    • Tobacco Laws
  • Takeovers & Mergers
  • Doing Business
    • Start-up
    • Tax Review
  • Video
  • Biz Directory
    • Free Directory Listing
    • Links
  • Guest Post
  • Contact
    • About

Australian Business News and Times

Business News ,Reports and Times of Australia

  • 2011
    • 2010
  • Business
    • Small Business
  • Mining
  • Real Estate
  • Australia
    • Australian
    • ASX
  • Finance
    • Report
  • Offers
  • Times
You are here: Home / 2012 / 2013 / Fat tax introduced by Samoa Airlines

Fat tax introduced by Samoa Airlines

April 3, 2013 by Reporter Leave a Comment

Have you ever wondered if  that fat person sitting in the aircraft has possibly  left you with less luggage allowance.

Well Samoa airlines  have taken steps  so that everyone gets charged fairly. Samoa Air has become the world’s first pacific airline to introduce the ‘fat tax’, which will see overweight passengers paying more for their seats.

The Pacific island nations have some of the “world’s highest rates of obesity”, with Samoa usually included in the top ten countries for obesity levels.

The  airline’s chief executive Chris Langton, has said that the fee is the “fairest way of travelling” with the added benefits  to  promote health and obesity awareness to locals.

How the fat tax works

Passengers will be required to type their weight and the weight of their baggage into the online booking section of the airline’s website.samoa obesity and fat tax airline

Passengers will also be weighed on scales at the airport

The rates will then vary depending on the length of the trip and will see travellers paying $1 per kilogram on short haul flights to about $4.16 per kilogram on flights between Samoa and American Samoa.

The Samoa Air homepage reads "We at Samoa Air are keeping airfares fair, by charging our passengers only for what they weigh. You are the master of your Air’fair

According o Fiji times.com “The world’s first airline to charge passengers by their weight rather than per seat says the policy has helped to raise obesity awareness and improve public health”

Samoa Air flies from Samoa to American Samoa, North Tonga, Niue, North Cook Islands and French Polynesia. The airline does not fly large commercial aircraft, but rather small planes that are more susceptible to weight variances.

 

Do you find this Fair or just plain rude?

Let us know !!

Filed Under: 2013, Wierd, World, Yarns Tagged With: Airlines, Samoa, TAX

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.

Primary Sidebar

Search

Like us on Facebook

Our Twitter Feed

Tweets by @AusBizChannel
Protected by Copyscape Website Copyright Protection

Counter

Footer

Featured Page

research in australia

20 Top Research Organisations

We are compiling a list of top 20 and more research organisations  which are in the government as … Read more about 20 Top Research Organisations

acquistion

Takeovers & Mergers

List and updates Of the latest  Company Takeovers … Read More about Takeovers & Mergers

funding from govt 2017

Australian Business Grants

Establishing a business anywhere in Australia … Read More about Australian Business Grants

listing directory australia

Australian Business Directory

If you are looking for a Free or paid listing on a … Read More about Australian Business Directory

About

About - Australian Business Report and … Read More about About

Guest Post for us

Join Australian Business … Read More about Guest Post for us

Copyright © 2023 · News Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in