Who wins and who loses in the slimming economy": American airlines urge passengers to lose weight. "Reducing the average weight of 178 passengers on board the Boeing 737 Max 8 by 10% will reduce the aircraft's takeoff weight by 2%, which could lead to lower fuel costs. Airlines are taking every measure to reduce plate weight - removing olives from dinnerware, using lighter dinnerware, and making beverage carts United's carts have begun printing lighter United fuel carts. It amounted to almost $300,000 a year. As weight loss drugs become more common, such savings become a significant factor, especially with high gas prices. Airlines can use the mass reserves released to transport commercial cargo, the rates for which have risen sharply since the outbreak of the conflict in the Middle East."