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Air Tahiti Magazine 65
z oo m sur air tahiti / f ocus on air tahiti a ir tahiti transporte sur l ensemble de ses vols 780 000 passagers par an. a tous ses passagers, air tahiti permet le transport gratuit d un certain nombre et poids de bagages, communement appele «franchise bagage». ainsi, tout passager peut emmener gratuitement un bagage en cabine d un poids maximal de 3 kg (pour une dimension de 45 x 35 x20 cm) et placer ses autres bagages en soute, dans la limite de trois pieces et des 10 kg forfaitaires autorises par passager. ce seuil est releve a 20kg pour les passagers en correspondance dans les 7 jours avec un vol international. annuellement, ce sont plusieurs milliers de tonnes de bagages qui sont ainsi convoyees par air tahiti. il faut preciser que cette politique de « franchise bagage» varie fortement d une compagnie aerienne a l autre. chaque transporteur en fixe les limites, principalement en fonction des particularites de son reseau, des appareils de sa flotte et de sa politique commerciale, et l on constate dans le monde un resserrement de ces franchises de la part des compagnies qui cherchent des recettes supplementaires. baggage what you need to know more than a million pieces of baggage are handled by air tahiti each year. read on to learn everything you need to know about the transport of your luggage e «sur devis de masse » les limites de poids, qui ne sont pas fixees par hasard, ne sont pas destinees a penaliser les passagers, mais bien au contraire a leur garantir un voyage dans les meilleures conditions possibles. soucieuse d assurer la securite de ses passagers, air tahiti se doit effectivement de respecter les contraintes liees a la limitation du poids transporte sur chacun de ses vols. comparativement aux avions dits « long-courriers » tels les airbus a 340 et les boeing 777, les appareils exploites par la compagnie disposent d une capacite d emport > ach year air tahiti carries 780 000 passengers. each passenger has the right to a specific number of kilos/pounds and pieces of baggage or a free baggage allowance. the allowance for carryon luggage is 3 kg maximum (and a dimension inferior to 45x35x20 cm). for checked baggage the maximum allowance is three pieces weighing less than 10 kg combined. for passengers with a connection to an international flight within 7 days of their travel with air tahiti, the maximum weight limit is 20 kg. thousands of tons of baggage are handled by air tahiti each year. keep in mind that baggage allowances and regulations vary greatly from one company to the next. each airline decides their free baggage allowances depending on their capacity, their fleet of aircrafts and their marketing strategies. around the world airlines are seeking to increase income and thereby becoming gradually more strict in their baggage regulations. mass estimation in order to ensure safe and comfortable travel it is necessary to apply weight limitations to baggage. the weight limits are not coincidental nor are they in place to penalize passengers, rather the limitations are directly related to air tahiti s high standards of safety and the cargo capacity of each flight. air tahiti s fleet consists of airplanes that are smaller in size than the long-distance airplanes such as the airbus a 340 and the boeing 777. the airplanes have a comparatively smaller cargo hold capacity thereby restricting baggage allowances. on the atr 72-500 the maximum cargo weight is 1.65 tons. it is obvious therefore that the baggage allowance can not be set at 40 kg per passenger as that would result in a total cargo weight of 2.6 tons for 66 passengers! in addition, the limited size of the cargo holds on air tahiti airplanes restricts the size of baggage that can be transported. for example, surfboards that exceed 1.8 m (5.9 feet) do not physically fit in the atr cargo hold. numerous variables must be taken into consideration before each flight: in order to safely take off, fly and land the total weight aboard the airplane must stay within a certain limit. passengers, hand luggage, checked luggage, freight as well as meteorological conditions, quantity of fuel necessary for the flight and the flight > © tahiticommunication revue de bord n°65 / air tahiti / on-board magazine n°65 57
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