The airline Finnair started a voluntary weighing policy at departure gates Monday the 5 February 2024. At Helsinki Airport passengers were asked if they would like to get weighed before entering the airplane. Finnair started this experiment to better estimate the weight of its plane’s cargo before takeoff. We’ve been quite surprised by people wanting to take part”, says Suvi Aaltonen, a Finnair spokesperson to the media The Guardian. The airline insists that passengers are not being penalized for their numbers on the weighing scale, and that the numbers are kept discreetly.

Source: The Guardian February 08, 2024 11:22 UTC