Ryanair to launch child free flights

The infamous low cost airline, Ryanair, has recently announced that it will be launching child free flights on the most frequent routes as of October 2011, the start of the winter schedule. This announcement comes following a survey involving 1,000 passengers all over Europe. The results reveal that half of the passengers would pay more for airline tickets to avoid sharing a flight with children. In fact, 36% of those questioned claim their flight had been ruined by noisy children and 18% would be happy if Ryanair restricted the number of kids permitted on flights.

Despite half of the passengers in favour of separating the cabin into "adult" and "family" areas, Ryanair claims that this is not an option as it operates a free seating policy and passengers can pay extra for priority boarding should they so wish. Interestingly, the survey also revealed that passengers feel parents are to blame for their annoyance.

This will come as good news to anyone who is fed up with parents who allow their children to run up and down the aisles, kick seats and annoy other passengers.