Travellers say they have been seated apart from their children, some as young as 11 months. Read more at straitstimes.com.
NEW YORK - The US Department of Transportation is introducing an online dashboard that will allow passengers to identify which US airlines will seat children 13 and younger next to an accompanying adult at no extra cost.
The creation of the dashboard is in response to complaints the DOT has received from travellers who say they have been seated apart from their children, some as young as 11 months. For airlines to receive a green check on the dashboard, they must guarantee that parents or an accompanying adult can sit next to their children for free if the seats are available.
In an announcement Monday, the DOT added that the new dashboard would allow parents to sidestep “confusing claims” on family seating policies and make it easier for passengers to know which airlines had “stepped up.”
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