Finnish Carrier Finnair Is Asking Passengers to Voluntarily Weigh Themselves Before Boarding Flights

Finnish Carrier Finnair Is Asking Passengers to Voluntarily Weigh Themselves Before Boarding Flights
Passenger planes of the Finnish national airline company Finnair stand on the tarmac at Helsinki international airport, Helsinki on Nov. 16, 2009. Markku Ulander/Lehtikuva via AP
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark—Almost everything that gets onto a commercial plane—fuel, checked-in baggage, cargo and meals—is weighed. For passengers and their cabin bags, most airlines use average data.

But Finland’s national carrier Finnair said Friday that it started asking passengers this week voluntarily and anonymously hop onto a scale with their hand luggage at the country’s main airport in Helsinki, the airline said Friday. The aim is to get their own figures.