AirAsia X Says Weighing Passengers May ‘Help Aussies Lose Weight’

Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 08.04.08 | 11:21 AM ET

It’s not a Derrie-Air-style joke. AirAsia X apparently is “considering charging passengers depending on their weight in a bid to fight rising fuel prices and to ‘help Aussies lose weight’,” according to News.com.au.

Australia recently became the fattest nation in the world and some of its citizens are open to the controversial AirAsia X idea. (via Jaunted)

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