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 ...

Amid a growing debate about how to price airline tickets for so-called passengers of size, an airline that's become the world's first airline to charge passengers by weight is defending its decision, ...

Here's a novel way to save on airline fees: Lose weight. Pay-by-weight flights are the way of the future, according to Samoa Air, which has adopted the policy. Under the new pricing plan, Samoa Air ...

Samoa Air planned on Wednesday to start pricing its first international flights based on the weight of its passengers and their bags. Depending on the flight, each kilogram (2.2 pounds) costs 93 cents ...