PAGO PAGO, American Samoa - A tiny Samoa airline is giving passengers a big reason to lose weight: tickets sold not by the seat, but by the kilogram. Samoa Air planned Wednesday to start pricing its ...

When the obscure airline Samoa Air announced on Tuesday morning that it would begin charging passengers by how much they weighed, you had to wonder: Would such a practice ever catch on at, say, ...

PAGO PAGO, American Samoa – A tiny Samoa airline is offering a new reason to drop extra weight before your next trip: Tickets sold not by the seat, but by the kilogram. Samoa Air planned to start ...

OK, we've checked the date, and it's April 2, but this story from the Pacific island nation of Samoa left us scratching our heads: Samoa Air says it's charging passengers based on what they weigh. "We ...

A tiny Samoa airline is giving passengers a big reason to lose weight: tickets sold not by the seat, but by the kilogram. Samoa Air on Wednesday started pricing its first international flights based ...

An airline in Samoa has introduced a “pay what you weigh” price system that will charge fat people more money to fly. Samoa Air has become the first airline to implement the system, which asks ...

PAGO PAGO, American Samoa >> A tiny Samoa airline is offering a new reason to drop extra weight before your next trip: Tickets sold not by the seat, but by kilogram. Samoa Air planned on Wednesday to ...

YAHOO.COM - Some airlines are beginning to charge obese customers for extra seats, but Samoa Air appears to be the first to adopt a "pay as you weigh" pricing plan. The airline's price-per-kilogram ...

The airline says it's a fairer system that saves some passengers money. The news comes just days after an economist in Norway argued that charging... OK, we've checked the date, and it's April 2, but ...