Would YOU pay extra to travel on a child-free flight? Airline divides opinion as it launches adults-only section where babies and kids are BANNED from the rest of the aircraft
- The ‘Only Adult’ space can be out there on Corendon’s A350 flights to Curacao
- There can be 102 adult-only seats out there from costs beginning a £38
- Would you purchase an adults-only ticket? Email Louis.Goss@MailOnline.co.uk
Turkish airline Corendon has divided opinion after outlining plans to launch an adults-only sections on its flights which is able to see youngsters banned from getting into cordoned off areas and stored behind curtains and partitions.
For an extra £38-£105, grownup passengers may have the alternative to make their journeys in the child-free zones and take pleasure in a ‘calm and relaxed flight,’ Corendon mentioned.
The service is about to begin providing the choice to sit in ‘Only Adult’ zones, on its A350 flights between Amsterdam and the Dutch Caribbean island of Curacao, from November 3 this yr.
The child-free section of the aircraft will consist of 102 seats, together with 93 commonplace seats and a additional 9 ‘XL’ with extra legroom, that can be cordoned off ‘by means of partitions and curtains,’ Corendon mentioned.
The airline has argued the ‘Only Adult’ zone will ‘create a shielded setting’ for passengers ‘that contributes to a calm and relaxed flight’.
A seat reservation in the grownup zone is for over-16s and prices 45 euros (£38/$48) in the commonplace space and 100 euros (£85/$107) in the XL zone.
The Turkish service defined: ‘This zone in the aircraft is meant for passengers travelling with out youngsters and for enterprise travellers who need to work in a quiet setting.
‘At the similar time, the introduction of the Only Adult zone additionally has a constructive impact for folks with youngsters.
‘They do not have to fear as a lot about doable reactions from fellow passengers if their little one is a bit busier or cries.’
Atilay Uslu, founder of Corendon, mentioned: ‘On board our flights, we all the time try to reply to the completely different wants of our prospects.
‘We are additionally the first Dutch airline to introduce the Only Adult zone, as a result of we cater to travellers searching for some extra peace of thoughts throughout their flight.
‘We additionally consider this will have a constructive impact on mother and father travelling with babies. They can take pleasure in the flight with out worrying if their youngsters make extra noise.’
Flyers had been fast to give their verdicts on Corendon’s plans, as some vacationers mentioned they’d be prepared to pay extra for an adults-only flight.
‘I’d actually pay extra to be on adult-only flights,’ Twitter person Sullysweg mentioned.
Another person mentioned the thought is sensible contemplating the world now has grownup solely, resort, events and weddings.
‘They have grownup solely resorts, events, weddings so flights should not be a difficulty,’ MsDecember mentioned.
Meanwhile, others took to social media to query the extent it can be doable to even have a quiet section on a flight.
‘There cannot be a “section on the aircraft. One screaming child might be heard wherever on that aircraft,’ Bentleyboo2023 mentioned.
Corendon is not the first airline to assist passengers eager to hold their distance from children.
Scoot, a low-cost subsidiary of Singapore Airlines that launched in 2012, affords the choice for passengers to sit in a ‘ScootinSilence’ seat in the direction of the entrance of the aircraft, where under-12s are banned.
And Japan Airlines has a characteristic on its reserving system that signifies which seats on the aircraft can be occupied by infants up to the age of two.
