Fat passengers singled out

AIR FRANCE has confirmed that it charges obese passengers a further 75% if they are deemed too large for a single seat belt to be secured (no additional taxes to pay).  Taking up a second seat allows for a pair of straps to be clicked together.  In a policy move passengers would be fully reimbursed for the second seat if the plane is not full.  In 2008 Air France was ordered to pay £5,000 damages for “humiliation” of a passenger weighing 27-stone who had his stomach measured at an airport check-in desk, and was then told he had to buy two seats.  British Airways has no weight limits for passengers, but advises overweight people to buy a second seat for their own comfort and safety. www.airfrance.com

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