Air Travel by the Pound and Other Odd Airline Pricing Schemes
After tiny upstart carrier Samoa Air announced it would start charging passengers based on how much they weigh, travelers reacted by calling the pricing model wacky, impractical, even discriminatory. But it’s only one of several weird, possibly unwelcomed ways that flights might be priced down the line. Samoa Air’s announcement of a “pay-by-the-pound” model didn’t come completely out of the blue. Ryanair, the notoriously fee-happy European carrier, floated the possibility of a “fat tax” on overweight passengers a few years ago, though the main point may have been to generate publicity. Southwest Airlines has periodically drawn attention over the years due to its policy of forcing larger passengers to purchase two seats. Just days before Samoa Air introduced its new pricing policy, a professor from Norway published a report making the case that charging passengers based on total weight—person and baggage combined—is a policy that all airlines should consider, in order to ...
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Ireland: ESMA Guidelines On Remuneration Policies Under The AIFMD - Mason Hayes & Curran
The European Securities and Markets Authority (‘ESMA’) has published Guidelines on Sound Remuneration Policies under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (‘AIFMD’).
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