Uzbekistan Airways is to start weighing its passengers with their hand luggage at check-in.
The airline informed customers on its website of the new policy, which is says come under the rules of the International Air Transport Association.
"After passing check-in on flight and prior to boarding into the aircraft, we will suggest you to pass the procedure of weighing with the special weighing machine placed in the departure gate zone," it said.
"The weighing record will only contain the corresponding passenger category (i.e. male/ female/ children). As for the rest, the full confidentiality of results is guaranteed.
"We will appreciate your assistance and thank you in advance for the help in the solution of our common task of flight safety!"
It is not yet known if it intends to charge larger passengers more for their flight.
Two years ago, Pacific island airline Samoa Air became the world’s first airline to charge passenger according to their weight.
Passengers input their approximate weight on booking and then are weighed again at the airport.
It also introduced a special XL class for larger passengers.
