Masiero, Lorenzo, Zoltan, Judit, Tolkach, Denis, Pratt, Stephen, Jørgensen, Matias Thuen, Schuckert, Markus, and Chon, Kaye (2024) Assessing air traveler preferences for pay-per-weight pricing. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 190. 104302.

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Abstract

In efforts to reduce fuel consumption of air travel, the inclusion of passenger body weight in airline pricing is a relevant but contested opportunity. This study aims to investigate this issue from the economic perspective; by implementing a stated choice experiment to assess the stated preferences of consumers toward a set of predefined air passenger weight policies. Three policies are tested: “standard”, where price is defined irrespective of weight; “threshold body weight”, where an additional fee is required when exceeding a certain weight; and “unit body weight”, where passengers pay according to their body weight and receive a discount for reduced luggage size. In terms of respondents’ preferences for policies, service and price attributes were found to have significant importance, while environmental concerns related to pay-per-weight pricing received only marginal consideration. The results provide practical implications to airline companies regarding pricing policies and airline choice behavior.

Item ID:	84867
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	1879-2375
Copyright Information:	© 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Date Deposited:	12 Mar 2025 04:06
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