BREAKING NEWS – Pago Pago, American Samoa – Air Samoa, which flies in the Pacific region, including American Samoa, the Cook Islands and Tonga, has now become the world’s first airline to charge passengers a fee based on their weight. However, many people believe that it was more than a coincidence that right before made the announcement of their new policy, they had a McDonald’s and Burger King built right next to their ticket counters.