Child-free inflight zones

Creating adult-only areas on aircraft is a tempting proposition for many travellers. If hotels can do it, why can't airlines?

RICHARD TAMS AIRLINE CONSULTANT AND EXECUTIVE COACH Irecently wrote wishfully about the need for a new approach to the processing of “hand baggage only” passengers at congested airports. The point I was making was that, as well as passengers, both airlines and airports could benefit operationally and financially by segregating the “I can squeeze everything I need into a bulging wheelie bag and rucksack” packhorse, from the “I'll check my bags” gazelle. This month, having gained a reputation for writing what everyone else is thinking, I wish to propose a new and more controversial form of segregation: the inflight separation of adults from adults with children. Turkish-Dutch carrier Corendon Airlines has already had such an idea and is piloting the concept of Only Adult Zones on flights from Amsterdam to the Caribbean island…

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Business Traveller Asia-Pacific Edition (Digital) - 1 Issue, March - April 2024

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