All airlines outside the US that I know of use kg for mass and balance and 
metres for aircraft runway performance, computed for each takeoff and landing 
based on the mass of the aircraft and payload in kilograms.

The only airline that does not seems to be Nippon Cargo Airlines which uses 
pounds which is odd as they are headquartered in Tokyo. Although they fly to 
and from the US, they also fly to Europe and Asia, so it's odd they use pounds 
for computing the mass of the aircraft and payload.

Mike Payne

On 04/11/2012, at 11:40  , John Altounji <[email protected]> wrote:

> I was nicely surprised when I was at LAX (Los Angeles int. airport) last week 
> at the Bradley terminal to notice that the counters I visited were weighing 
> the luggage in kg.  My guess is that this terminal hosts most foreign 
> airlines.
>  
> John Altounji
> One size does not fit all.
> Social promotion ruined Education.
>  

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