Hawaiian Airlines to keep assigning flyers’ seats based on weight distribution
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Airline policy, which began earlier this month, faced federal complaints that it was discriminatory toward people of Samoan descent.
By Martin Pengelly
Hawaiian Airlines will continue assigning seats on some flights according to weight distribution, after complaints to federal authorities that the policy is discriminatory to people of Samoan descent were turned down.
The airline instituted the measure earlier this month, after a survey was carried out because actual fuel consumption had been noticed to be greater than projected fuel consumption on flights from Honolulu to Pago Pago, in American Samoa.
The six-month voluntary passenger survey showed that the average traveller and their luggage weighed 30lb (14kg) more than the airline’s estimate.
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