Ryanair claims to be considering 'fat tax'

Ryanair has today announced that it is to consider how to charge a ‘fat tax’ after more than 30,000 passengers voted in favour of charging excess weight fees for very large passengers in an online vote.

More than 100,000 passengers voted online during the past few weeks to decide which cost reduction idea should win a €1,000 cash prize. Ryanair confirmed the final poll results as follows: