Odd News
Airline denies plans for obesity surcharge
(China Daily)
Updated: 2010-01-22 10:51
 |
Large Medium Small |
Air France KLM denied media reports on Wednesday that it planned an extra charge for overweight passengers if they were unable to fit into a single seat.
Instead, the national carrier said that from Feb 1. overweight passengers who had freely chosen to buy an extra seat for comfort would get their money back on flights that were not fully booked.
On Tuesday, spokeswoman Monique Matze said extra-large flyers will have to pay 75 per cent of the cost of a second seat (the full price excluding tax and surcharges) on top of the full price for the first, on Tuesday, saying the decision was made for "safety" reasons.
Reuters
