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Maestro! News
January 29, 2010 Air France/KLM to charge 'fat' passengers - maybe....  Air France/KLM have decided that they will charge anyone with a waistline of more than 55 inches for a second seat. However - if the flight turns out not to be full them they will get their money back!
Read the 'OFFICIAL' Air France announcement by clicking the link below
Spokeswoman for Air France, Monique Matze, said: "People who arrive at the check-in desk and are deemed too large to fit into a single seat will be asked to pay for and use a second seat.
"They will be charged 75 per cent of the cost of the second seat, which is the full price excluding tax and surcharges, on on top of the full price for the first."
Air France is not the first airline to charge obese people for taking up two seats. Debate has been raging over the issue for more than a year.
Last year American carrier, United Airlines, took the same decision as Air France after receiving over 700 complaints from passengers who did not have a comfortable flight due to the person next to them infringing on their seat.
The charges will be introduced by Air France for those booking tickets from February 1 for all flights from April 1.
 
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