Finnair’s new trial at Helsinki airport is weighing volunteer passengers at the gate, along with their hand luggage. The pilot project is to help the airline better calculate accurate weights of passengers and baggage being loaded onto the plane.
They’re expensive, they weigh down the aircraft and they can cause in-flight punchups. So it should be no surprise some airlines are removing reclining seats completely. But is that good news or bad?
Dublin Airport was closed on Christmas day, and airport chaplain Father Desmond Doyle took advantage of the empty runway to perform his annual ‘Blessing of the Planes.” The ritual has been going strong since 1947.