Corendon Airlines is testing the “Only Adult” zones on flights between Amsterdam and Curaçao starting in November.
This area will be located at the front of the Airbus A350-900 aircraft and consists of nine XL seats with additional legroom and 93 standard seats.
There will be walls and curtains separating the “Only Adult” zone from the rest of the plane, making it ideal for travelers without children and business travelers who “want to work in a quiet environment,” according to a press release.
Let this idea catch on. And not just with airlines either. Restaurants, movie theaters, basically anywhere that kids go and parents are too lazy to control them.
As a parent, I actually support this idea. And it’s partly because kids are simply not always “controllable,” by any human, in a confined space after many hours.
Before I was a parent, I thought the right discipline would solve everything, but airplanes in particular are brutal environments, with very little space to move and limited options to distract them. Even screens, which are close to a silver bullet, don’t always work. Travel is exhausting and challenging for kids, and kids were never evolved well to handle being locked in a seat for hours, let alone dealing with pressure and time zone changes.
So please, until we have adults only zones, have a little patience. There are certainly bad parents, but I guarantee that most of them want their kid to be quiet even more than you do.
I’d imagine sending all the grumpy old codgers to their own zone will be a huge bonus for frazzled parents.
Yes fucking please.
Apparently they used to have soundproof rooms in the back of nice movie theaters where u could take your crying child and still enjoy the movie…as much as possible
They should just turn the back of the plane into a ball pit and chuck all the kids back there before takeoff. The larger ones can take care of the babies.
I often book super early or late flights on purpose, they’re normally cheaper and typically don’t have any kids on them.
How much extra to use it though? I hope it catches on, but I doubt it will be reasonably priced enough for most travelers.
The article has the price. 45€ / $49
Thank you! I did read it but must have missed where the price was stated.
They should be charging the disruptive party a fee rather than the ones who just want to fly without the constant harrasment, screaming, and back of chair kicking.
No they shouldn’t. Going out into society means you have to cope with all kinds of things. Also, earbuds and noice canceling headphones are amazing devices.
mile high club soon to no longer be an unlockable achivement.
Is the section going to be decorated with pineapples? And can we do adult activities? Cause if not what’s the point, ear plugs/buds easily take care of babies and Karens alike.
Ear plugs aren’t enough. Also they kick seats.
Just had two flights with a baby crying the entire time yesterday. All I had were airpods and they didn’t do shit to drown out the h8gh pitched screaming.
The most effective “headphones” I’ve found are using bone conducting ones, like shockz, along with construction ear plugs. The ear plugs on their own do so much for noise and the headphones at a pretty reasonable volume so the rest.
IEMs with foam plugs/buds. Works wonders.
I don’t fly without my deep insert etymotic IEMs. Haven’t heard a baby cry or a Karen on a plane in over 15 years.
So do adults, and even harder than children do.
Let’s re-introduce smoking areas.
But make it only non-tobacco stuff.
Edit to all the people hating on me this time: if the children’s part starts like 3 rows behind your, you’ll hear them anyway and might’ve paid extra for adults only.
Let’s fly high and higher, lol
