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OMG: Airlines Should Charge ‘Fat Tax’ On Obese Travellers Because Their Extra Weight Burns More Fuel Says Professor

AirlineSo what do you think about what Prof. Bharat P Bhatta is saying? Does that mean slim people will get a discount too? Come on, I guess sometimes reading too much (being too intelligent) makes your common sense a little weak…LOL

DailyMail Reports;

A pay-what-you-weigh airline pricing scheme should be introduced because heavier people cost more in fuel to fly, a professor has claimed.

Heavier passengers would pay more for their plane tickets and lighter ones less under plans put forward by Dr Bharat P Bhatta.

Writing in this month’s Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management publication, Dr Bhatta said weight and space should be taken into account when airlines price their tickets.

Dr Bhatta, of the Sogn og Fjordane University College in Norway, said: ‘Charging according to weight and space is a universally accepted principle, not only in transportation, but also in other services.

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