Friday, January 13, 2012
Should fat people pay more to fly?
Should fat people pay more to fly?
A former airline executive is suggesting that overweight passengers should pay more to get on flights.
This was a suggestion made by Qantas airline's former chief economist Tony Webber.
In a recent column in an Australian paper, Webber wrote that overweight passengers will increase airplane fuel costs as planes have to burn more fuel to cope with the extra weight.
In light of ever-soaring fuel costs, airlines should therefore implement surcharges based on the weight of passengers.
He suggested that passengers could be weighed together with their luggage according to a set guideline.
Passengers will have to pay surcharges if they exceed allowable weight limits.
For example, if the combined weight exceeds a limit of 100kg, the passenger will have to pay an additionally fuel surcharge.
This way, overweight passengers will pay more while slim passengers will enjoy a discount.
Furthermore, Webber feels that if movie tickets and train fares can be categorised according to the customer's age, airlines should also be able to categorise customers by weight.
On Webber's idea, the Australian media surveyed 2,500 members of the public and found that 70% were against the suggestion.
Many slam the idea for being discriminatory against overweight people and threatened to boycott any airline that implements such a policy.
Qantas airline has clarified that it is not considering this suggestion.
~News courtesy of Omy~
A former airline executive is suggesting that overweight passengers should pay more to get on flights.
This was a suggestion made by Qantas airline's former chief economist Tony Webber.
In a recent column in an Australian paper, Webber wrote that overweight passengers will increase airplane fuel costs as planes have to burn more fuel to cope with the extra weight.
In light of ever-soaring fuel costs, airlines should therefore implement surcharges based on the weight of passengers.
He suggested that passengers could be weighed together with their luggage according to a set guideline.
Passengers will have to pay surcharges if they exceed allowable weight limits.
For example, if the combined weight exceeds a limit of 100kg, the passenger will have to pay an additionally fuel surcharge.
This way, overweight passengers will pay more while slim passengers will enjoy a discount.
Furthermore, Webber feels that if movie tickets and train fares can be categorised according to the customer's age, airlines should also be able to categorise customers by weight.
On Webber's idea, the Australian media surveyed 2,500 members of the public and found that 70% were against the suggestion.
Many slam the idea for being discriminatory against overweight people and threatened to boycott any airline that implements such a policy.
Qantas airline has clarified that it is not considering this suggestion.
~News courtesy of Omy~
马来西亚发行新硬币
马来西亚发行新硬币
马来西亚新设计的四种硬币将比现有硬币更小及更轻。（图／马来西亚国家银行网站）
（吉隆坡综合讯）继新设计的钞票后，马来西亚国家银行再推出新设计的硬币，新硬币将在本月16日起流通。
国行宣布，新设计的硬币包括5分钱、1毛钱、2毛钱以及5毛钱，将分阶段在市面上流通，并可与旧硬币一起使用，而国行也将逐步淘汰旧硬币。
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Jetstar unveils new routes, services
Jetstar unveils new routes, services
SINGAPORE: Jetstar on Tuesday announced new routes and services, which would add 8,500 seats weekly for the budget carrier's hub here.
The extra capacity includes more than 40 new weekly services added to destinations in Australia, Japan, Vietnam and China.
Jetstar announced a second daily service on the Singapore-Taipei-Osaka route and three new weekly services between Singapore and Darwin, bringing the weekly flights to 10.
As part of network changes announced Tuesday, Jetstar will suspend services between Singapore and Macau from February 5.
The addition of services on popular routes would be crucial in helping the budget carrier build up a "critical mass" across the Asia-Pacific, said Jetstar Group chief executive Bruce Buchanan.
He added: "The growth in low-fare services from our Singapore hub is creating new travel demand in the region, which then fuels more growth and gives us economies of scale to keep the low fares coming."
While the budget carrier will be focusing on building its Vietnam presence and a new network with Jetstar Japan, Mr Buchanan said the goal is to be the "No 1 low-cost carrier in all of the markets" it operates in.
~News courtesy of Channel Newsasia~
SINGAPORE: Jetstar on Tuesday announced new routes and services, which would add 8,500 seats weekly for the budget carrier's hub here.
The extra capacity includes more than 40 new weekly services added to destinations in Australia, Japan, Vietnam and China.
Jetstar announced a second daily service on the Singapore-Taipei-Osaka route and three new weekly services between Singapore and Darwin, bringing the weekly flights to 10.
As part of network changes announced Tuesday, Jetstar will suspend services between Singapore and Macau from February 5.
The addition of services on popular routes would be crucial in helping the budget carrier build up a "critical mass" across the Asia-Pacific, said Jetstar Group chief executive Bruce Buchanan.
He added: "The growth in low-fare services from our Singapore hub is creating new travel demand in the region, which then fuels more growth and gives us economies of scale to keep the low fares coming."
While the budget carrier will be focusing on building its Vietnam presence and a new network with Jetstar Japan, Mr Buchanan said the goal is to be the "No 1 low-cost carrier in all of the markets" it operates in.
~News courtesy of Channel Newsasia~
Monday, January 2, 2012
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