Airline Announces Plan To Weigh Passengers Before Letting Them On Planes

In a move which may not be popular with overweight travelers, an airline has announced that it will weigh all passengers before letting them onto their aircraft.

Before boarding, passengers will be asked to step onto a special scale along with their luggage.

But Uzbekistan Airways,, based in Tashkent, says that the move is purely for research purposes, to calculate the average weight of passengers and their luggage.

The airline says the information is important on smaller planes - and that the airline will keep the information confidential.

In a statement, Uzbekistan Airways said, ‘Please be informed that Uzbekistan Airways airline is carrying out the procedure of pre-flight weighing in order to determine the average weight of passengers with hand luggage.

‘After passing check-in on a flight and prior to boarding into the aircraft, we will ask you to pass the weighing procedure with a special weighing machine placed in the departure gate zone.

‘The full confidentiality of results is guaranteed.’