Don't want to fly with noisy children? You won't have to a Scoot Airlines. The budget airline had introduced a silent, children-free section. Passengers can upgrade to sit in the 41-seat "ScootinSilence" child-free cabin for $18.
Children under the age of 12 are banned from sitting in rows 21 to 25 on the plane. Not only is the cabin child-free, it also offers more legroom that the rear of the aircraft and has a 35-inch seat, which is four inches more than those in economy class, the Telegraph reports.
Scoot Airlines, a subsidiary of Singapore airlines, isn't the first airline to offer a child-free area. In February, Malaysian airline Air Asia X also launched a "quiet zone" on certain flights. Children under 12 are not allowed to fly in the first seven economy class rows on Airbus A330-300 flights to China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Australia and Nepal. On the Air Asia X flights, the child-free zone has special ambient lighting and provides a more relaxing atmosphere.
In addition to this, Malaysian Airlines banned infants from first-class cabins on its Airbus A380 "superjumbo" aircrafts and Boeing 747s, after several passengers complained about crying babies.
These practice aren't being done for no reason. A survey last month suggested that passengers would rather sit next to a drunk passenger or talkative passengers and deal with rude cabin crew than have to sit near an unruly child. A third of those surveyed said they would pay more to sit in a child-free zone. About 25 percent said they would pay up to $80 extra to avoid children and seven percent said they'd pay even more.
Many travelers support the idea of a child-free flight.
Scoot airlines, based in Singapore, runs daily services to Sydney and five flights a week to the Gold Coast.
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