Budget airline introduces ‘no children zones’ to flights

Budget airline IndiGo is behind the controversial proposal (Picture: Getty)

Flying with children can be a pretty traumatic experience for any parent, as they desperately attempt to stop the screams and cries of their brood irritating other passengers.

But now, those disgruntled passengers have no reason to complain - after an airline started introducing child-free zones on their planes.

Indian budget airline IndiGo has started to introduce a ‘quiet zone’ policy for its premium seats - which means that children under the age of 12 aren’t permitted to sit in that section.

Understandably, the decision has gone down pretty well with some people.

But there’s been a backlash to the move too, from parents who say that they are being discriminated against for having children, and made to feel not welcome onboard.

Antihuman Sinha, a mum from Pune, Western India, slammed the policy as ‘discriminatory.’

She told the Hindustan Times: ‘This policy is discriminatory.

‘It means you cannot ask for more leg space while travelling with your children.

‘It’s clear that they do not want children to disturb fliers paying extra for these seats. But then why permit children in the nearby rows?’

Defending the policy in a statement, an IndiGo spokesperson said: ‘Keeping in mind the comfort and convenience of all passengers, row numbers one to four and 11 to 14 are generally kept as a Quiet Zone on IndiGo flights.

‘These zones have been created for business travellers who prefer to use the quiet time to do their work.’