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Another Airline Is Creating Child-Free Zones on Planes

Would you pay more for this?

By Talia Avakian

May 30, 2017

Budget air carrier IndiGo recently announced kid-free Quiet Zones on its flights, adding to an ever-growing list of airlines creating adults-only spaces.

It’s a controversial move. Some customers and airlines say the policy gives people traveling for business a better chance to get work done or grab a nap. Others think the policy is discriminatory.

Currently no U.S. carrier has made the change, though a few international airlines—including Air Asia, Malaysia Airlines, and Singapore’s Scoot Airlines—have created policies in the last few years.

In 2013, Scoot Airlines created its ScootinSilence upgrade, preventing children under the age of 12 from sitting in particular rows. Malaysia Airlines banned infants from first class flights in 2011 and introduced kid-free zones in economy a few years later. AirAsia utimately followed suit.

Richard Branson was once interested in developing a separate cabin for kids with nannies who could watch them. The so-called kids class was scrapped due to issues with the Civil Aviation Authority, Branson said in an interview with Condé Nast Traveler in 2014.

[Campion]

The only time I wished there was a child-free zone was on a flight to Tokyo where I was in a silk suit and speaking the minute I got off the plane. Hence, being dressed for business. I was seated next to a child and the child threw greasy scrambled eggs all over me. (One of those slo-mo Nooooooooooo scenes in movies: I saw the spoon and ah, no, he isn't going to yes, he did. )  I had a screamer all the way from Copenhagen to Toronto. All the way. But I put in good headphone earbuds and listen to books or music and you know, it's not bad. 

I think it makes for complications. Bring earplugs. Easier than another thing to get bollixed up in air travel. 

[Nataliesgramma]

I am for it after being in front of a seat kicker for 3 hours...

[chiclet]

I don't fly much and when I have, I have never been bothered by a child.  However, I can see that people who have to fly all the time for business could use that time to catch up on reading or get some work done and having a quiet place to do that would be a good thing.

[QueenDanceALot]

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@Campion wrote:

The only time I wished there was a child-free zone was on a flight to Tokyo where I was in a silk suit and speaking the minute I got off the plane. Hence, being dressed for business. I was seated next to a child and the child threw greasy scrambled eggs all over me. (One of those slo-mo Nooooooooooo scenes in movies: I saw the spoon and ah, no, he isn't going to yes, he did. )  I had a screamer all the way from Copenhagen to Toronto. All the way. But I put in good headphone earbuds and listen to books or music and you know, it's not bad. 

I think it makes for complications. Bring earplugs. Easier than another thing to get bollixed up in air travel. 

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But earplugs won't stop flying greasy scrambled eggs.

[QuinnPenny]

YES absolutely yes there should be a way that adults can separate themselves from crying children.  

[QueenDanceALot]

I  don't see how giving adults (who may be working) the option of purchasing a seat in a child free area is discriminatory.

[kaydee50]

We pay extra to sit in the emergency rows where children are not allowed.  Can't avoid the screaming/crying child though.

[freakygirl]

i fly frequently enough to say "omg yes please!" there's always one nearby that's throwing a tantrum. 

[Yardlie]

We only fly 2-3 times a year, and those are mainly vacation trips. Children don't normally bother me on those short hops. Now, flying overseas would be different. It would be nice to be guaranteed a quiet place to read or sleep on one of those long flights where everyone is already exhausted. I can see why business people would prefer quiet though even on domestic trips.