Children can be banned on planes

Almaty. February 21. Kazakhstan Today - Children can be banned from flying on certain flights, Kazakhstan Today reports.

A new trend has been developing in Europe recently. European airlines introduce special flights in which children can not be accepted as passengers. The child free practice has already been launched in Sweden. In Britain, many childless passengers said during the polls that they would prefer to fly separately from children. Business class passengers are particularly annoyed by hysterical and screaming children, as well as by their parents, rushing about all the time and changing diapers, pravda.ru reported.

British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and Emirates conducted a number of polls among their passengers. The polls revealed that the children act as the primary factor to irritate most of passengers. Britain's largest travel advice portal TripAdvisor conducted a similar research two years ago. The poll revealed that 79 percent of British citizens supported the idea of introducing child-free areas in airplanes. Eighty-eight percent of childless adults said that they would like to travel in silence. Strangely enough, the travelers who have their own children (71 percent) also supported the idea.

Another research, conducted by airfarewatchdog.com website showed that 54 percent of 10,000 travelers would be ready to pay $10 extra for a flight without children. Twenty percent of the polled said that they would be ready to pay more - $40.

Britain's largest airlines have not decided to introduce child-free flights yet. However, those who travel by train can already book such an option. Many consider this a form of age discrimination. David Chapple, the director of Business Travel and Meetings trade show, does not share such a critical point of view.

"It's understandably frustrating for business travelers, who have paid a premium in expectation they can work and sleep in comfort, to have that peace disturbed by children," the Daily Mail quoted him as saying.

While carriers such as British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and Emirates are speculating on the subject of children on board, Thomas Cook Airlines, also a British carrier, has already launched the service. However, the child-free practice was first introduced in Sweden, not Britain, Euromag.ru reports with reference to Swedish newspapers.

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