For travelers who want to avoid babies and kids

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DALLAS (AP)— One airline plans to find out if solitude-seeking travelers will pay a hefty extra charge to avoid sitting near babies and little kids.

Corendon Airlines says that it will sell an adults-only zone — no one under 16 — on flights between Amsterdam and Curacao starting in November.

The Turkish carrier says people traveling without children will get quiet surroundings, and parents won't have to worry that their crying or fidgeting kids will annoy fellow passengers.

Corendon announced last week that it will set aside 93 regular seats and nine extra-legroom seats in the adult zone in the front of its Airbus A350 jets, which have 432 seats in all. A wall or curtain will separate the section from the wailing masses farther back.

The airline said on its website that it will charge passengers an extra reservation fee of 45 euros ($49) for the no-kids zone, rising to 100 euros ($109) for one of the extra-legroom seats.

www.yahoo.com/news/travelers-want-avoid-babies-kids-210654659.html

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If I flew commercial $50 would not even be a passing thought...Seriously the couple times I flew commercial my bar bill was twice that because I knew I was going to be around these mouth breathers...

Bobble heads and children under 10 years of age should not even be allowed on commercial flights unless it is a medical emergency to save their life even then they have special planes and copters for that...

[Rusty]

I'd pay. Left NYC to Europe and one time this poor kid was screaming at the top of his lungs. Probably the pressure.

[sb]

Aug 30, 2023 19:35:49 GMT -5 Rusty said:

I'd pay. Left NYC to Europe and one time this poor kid was screaming at the top of his lungs. Probably the pressure.

Buy some noise cancelling headphones and save a few bucks.

[foxy]

Some churches have parents with little ones seated in a separate section behind a glass wall where they can see and hear everything going on but the rest of the congregation can't hear babies wailing or noisy toddlers. Perhaps they can put some type of noise canceling divider between the child free and baby friendly zones on planes.

[Springschick]

I never had an issue flying with my kids. But I have been on some flights with some hellions! At this stage of the game, I think I would just upgrade to first class.

[foxy]

I agree Springschick, but many cannot afford first class. Are little ones prohibited from first class?

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Aug 31, 2023 10:32:34 GMT -5 foxy said:

I agree Springschick, but many cannot afford first class. Are little ones prohibited from first class?

I can't afford it, either, but there are other things going on as well.

Not sure if they are forbidden, but like you said, the tickets are expensive, so most people don't shell out that much for a whole family.