UK airlines to be banned from charging parents to sit with children
The change would require airlines to seat passengers under 14 next to their parents. Photograph: Viacheslav Iakobchuk/AlamyView image in fullscreenThe change would require airlines to seat passengers under 14 next to their parents. Passengers will also no longer need to pay to tweak the name on their flight booking if they need to correct a mistake.It is understood that ministers will try to introduce the changes before the start of next year’s summer holidays.
- ▪The change would require airlines to seat passengers under 14 next to their parents.
- ▪Photograph: Viacheslav Iakobchuk/AlamyView image in fullscreenThe change would require airlines to seat passengers under 14 next to their parents.
- ▪Passengers will also no longer need to pay to tweak the name on their flight booking if they need to correct a mistake.It is understood that ministers will try to introduce the changes before the start of next year’s summer holidays.
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| Publication time | Thu, 01 Oct 2026 21:41:19 GMT |
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The change would require airlines to seat passengers under 14 next to their parents. Photograph: Viacheslav Iakobchuk/AlamyView image in fullscreenThe change would require airlines to seat passengers under 14 next to their parents. Photograph: Viacheslav Iakobchuk/AlamyAirline industryUK airlines to be banned from charging parents to sit with childrenPlanned rule change forms part of Burnham’s bid to crack down on the ‘little charges that add up’Nadeem BadshahThu 1 Oct 2026 17.41 EDTLast modified on Thu 1 Oct 2026 17.47 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleAirlines will be blocked from charging parents extra to sit with their children on planes, according to government plans.The new rule would require airlines to seat passengers aged under 14 next to their parents or an accompanying adult…
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