Airline Testing ‘Adults Only’ Section on International Flight

In case you’ve ever tried to sleep on a aircraft whereas a child or younger youngster wails behind you, your days of struggling might quickly finish, due to a brand new coverage on one European airline.

Corendon Airways, based mostly in Turkey, will begin piloting a kid-free zone on flights throughout a 10-hour route from Amsterdam to Curaçao.

Whereas common seats on the flight will value prospects round $49 (45 euro), seats within the “Solely Grownup” zone shall be double for about $108 (100 euro).

Every flight may have 9 seats within the sectioned-off grownup space (which may also embody additional legroom). Passengers have to be a minimum of 16 years previous to buy the tickets and sit within the part.

^{A Corendon Airways Boeing 737 at Newcastle Worldwide Airport (Getty Photographs)}

“This zone within the plane is meant for vacationers touring with out kids and for enterprise vacationers who need to work in a quiet atmosphere,” Corendon stated in a translated press release. “The zone is bodily separated from the remainder of the plane via partitions and curtains, making a shielded atmosphere that contributes to a peaceful and relaxed flight.”

The flights start on November 3. The airline didn’t specify if it was including extra routes within the coming months.

In response to knowledge from Photo Aid, in a survey of over 1,000 individuals, eight out of ten stated they need adult-only flights—and 64% stated they’d pay as much as 30% extra to entry adult-only seats on lengthy flights.

Corendon Airways didn’t instantly reply to Entrepreneur’s request for remark.