Obese people who are unable to squeeze into a single plane seat will have to pay nearly double to travel on fully booked Air France-KLM flights in future, the company said.
法國航空—荷蘭皇家航空集團表示，無法擠進單人飛機座椅的肥胖旅客，今後搭乘訂位客滿的航班時，必須支付將近雙倍的費用才能登機。
Extra-large flyers will have to pay 75 percent of the cost of a second seat on top of the full price for the first, spokeswoman Monique Matze told AFP, saying the decision was taken for "safety" reasons.
特大號的搭機旅客除了得先支付第一張座椅的全額費用外，還得支付第二張座椅的75%的費用，該公司女發言人莫妮克．馬澤告訴法新社，表示此一決定完全出於「安全」理由。
"We have to make sure that the backrest can move freely up and down and that all passengers are securely fastened with a safety belt," said Matze.
「我們必須確保座椅靠背可以自由上下移動，以及所有乘客都能安全地繫緊安全帶，」馬澤說。
People who cannot fit into a single seat are fastened by slotting the belt tip of one seat into the plug of the next -- stretching over both seats.
無法塞進單一座椅的人在繫安全帶時，可以把其中一張座椅的安全帶橫拉過兩張椅子，並將安全帶前端插到隔壁座椅的安全帶插孔裡。
By paying for both, the overweight passenger will be assured that two seats will be available next to each other. They will however get their money back on flights that are not fully booked, said Matze.
超重旅客既然付錢買了兩個座位，（航空公司）保證這兩張椅子絕對是緊鄰著的。然而，倘若班機訂位並未客滿，這些旅客就能拿回（多付的）錢，馬澤說。
新聞辭典
squeeze：動／名詞，擠，榨，緊抱。例句：Are you trying to put the squeeze on me for more money?（你想逼我吐出更多錢來嗎？）
on top of something：片語，（1）除了……以外；（2）知道某事的最新情況。例句：He has to pay attention to it to stay on top of things.（他得專心以便了解事情的最新情況。）
fasten：動詞，勒緊。fasten up/on someone or something，拴緊，繫牢；將注意力專注於……。
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