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/Alamy

Airlines 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 free of charge. Passengers will also no longer need to pay to tweak the name on their flight booking if they need to correct a mistake.