Unexpected effect: airlines save money thanks to weight loss pills

The Falstaff Travel Editors, 22.01.2026

Wall Street analysts have identified an unexpected winner of the diet boom: airlines! Because lighter passengers reduce costs.

Whether being thin is beautiful is in the eye of the beholder. However, airlines could have an absolute benefit when it comes to transporting passengers who tend to be slimmer, as the Wall Street analysts at the financial firm Jefferies have just discovered.