The U.S. Department of Transportation is proposing a new rule that would ban airlines from charging parents more to sit with their young children. Under the proposal, released Thursday, U.S. and foreign carriers would be required to seat children 13 or younger next to their parent or accompanying ad…
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said that a proposed family seating rule will allow parents to sit next to their young kids at no additional cost.
By Pete Muntean and Samantha Waldenberg, CNN (CNN) — Airlines would no longer be allowed to charge parents extra fees for their kids to be seated next to them under a new rule proposed by the Biden administration.
Buttigieg said, "The idea that parents ought to be seated next to their own children on a flight is common sense and also seems like something that ought to be standard practice."
Airlines would be prohibited from charging parents a fee to sit next to their young children on US flights under a new proposal by the Transportation Department, which said the rule will lower the cost of flying for families.
Airlines-Seats for Families The U.S. Department of Transportation is proposing a new rule that would ban airlines from charging parents more to sit with their young children. Under the proposal, released Thursday, U.S.
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