Friday, April 01, 2011

Ryanair announces it will offer child-free flights

Budget airline Ryanair's announcement that it will ban children on some popular routes. The Irish airline has created a stir by declaring that it will introduce "child-free flights" by October this year via a press release on their website today.

“When it comes to children we all love our own but would clearly prefer to avoid other people’s little monsters when travelling,” Ryanair spokesman Stephen McNamara said.



“While half our passengers would like us to divide our cabins up into ‘adult’ and ‘family’ areas it is not operationally possible due to our free seating policy, with optional priority boarding.

“However, with clear demand for ‘child free’ flights Ryanair will introduce child free flights on high frequency routes from the start of our winter schedule in October.”

6 comments:

Ratz said...

I really hope this takes off. Not because I'd use ryanair ever again.. but because better airlines may take it up too.

terlee said...

And maybe this will start a trend, spilling over into other areas: restaurants, theatres, etc.

Unless, of course, this is just an April Fool's deal from Ryanair..??

loverock said...

April Fool's!! So obvious!

arbroath said...

I'm not 100% entirely sure this is an April Fool's.

You never know with Michael O'Leary and Ryanair.

L said...

If this is April Fool's, it's not funny. This is a real problem, and it does need to be solved.

Don't taunt us with the prospect of blissfully child-free flights. That's just mean if it's not true.

Anonymous said...

Here's hoping it's true.