Obese have right to two airline seats

Obese people have the right to two seats for the price of one on flights within Canada, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled today.

The high court declined to hear an appeal by Canadian airlines of a decision by the Canadian Transportation Agency that people who are "functionally disabled by obesity" deserve to have two seats for one fare.

The airlines had lost an appeal at the Federal Court of Appeal in May and had sought to launch a fresh appeal at the Supreme Court. The court's decision not to hear a new appeal means the one-person-one-fare policy stands.

The appeal had been launched by Air Canada <ACa.TO>, Air Canada Jazz <JAZ_u.TO> and WestJet <WJA.TO>.

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Comments

Charles Sammut (on 20/11/08)

"functionally disabled by obesity"

How any more ridiculous can these politically correct terms get?

No wonder the number of normal, responsible and reasonable people is getting less and less. It just pays to be anything but.

emanuel muscat (on 20/11/08)

Unbelievable!So running an airline has become a charitable institution:the principle of 'you pay for what you use' goes out of the window.