Here Comes the AeroplaneUseful Information You Need to Know When Flying with Children



Cheapflights.co.uk, the UK's leading flight price comparison site, has researched airline offerings to keep kids amused en-route to holiday destinations. Visit the website's tips page on Travelling with Children (http://www.cheapflights.co.uk/travel-tips/travelling-with-children.html), covering everything from pushchairs and facilities to food options for tiny travellers, and turn what can often be a trying time into a triumph.

Child friendly travel is on the increase these days with various airport lounges (http://www.cheapflights.co.uk/travel-tips/airport-lounges.html) and in-flight activities cropping up to keep both kids and parents happy. Airlines facilitating playful plane rides are plentiful starting with Virgin Atlantic (http://www.cheapflights.co.uk/airlines/virgin-atlantic.html), who offer kids their own seatback TV with its very own kids channel as well as a backpack complete with puzzles, crayons and other goodies. On the food front, they offer a children's meal comprising delectable dishes like pizza and fish fingers.

British Airways (http://www.cheapflights.co.uk/airlines/british-airways.html) is masterfully organised in its kiddy offerings having arranged them into age groups 3-5 and 6-12. The younger group receive a blue nylon rucksack, a going on a plane storybook, wristband aircraft, activity cards, crayons and stickers. The older group receive a white plastic rucksack, an electronic game, a reading book, travel journal and a pen. Long haul travellers have the added bonus of on screen entertainment from Disney, Cartoon Network and family blockbuster movies that have a parental lock to prevent viewing of unsuitable material.

Emirates airlines will make your child feel extra special if travelling on their birthday. With advance notice, a cake will be made and if there is time a Polaroid photo can capture the high-flying birthday kid. Low cost airlines (http://www.cheapflights.co.uk/low-cost-about.html) on the other hand, have been found to have very limited child-friendly facilities, so pack plenty of snacks, activity books and gadgets to keep them amused and content during flights (http://www.cheapflights.co.uk/).

Airports are also doing their bit to create some family fun prior to take off. Gatwick has a play area kitted out with baby-landings, soft play and finger-box play tables (interactive/educational games consoles) and has recently introduced a family lounge, which requires pre-booking.

Heathrow also offers a wealth of family catering in the shape of a supervised family lounge catering to kids aged five right through to 14, which is equipped with a TV, DVD player, reading material, toys, non-electronic as well as computer games.

Nadine Hallak, travel expert for Cheapflights (http://www.cheapflights.co.uk/) UK, comments that "Creating a family friendly environment both prior to as well as in-flight, eases the stress that most parents dread about planning a getaway. Having looked after children en-route to a holiday destination, I can confirm that knowing in advance what to take on-board and where to keep kids entertained at the airport is hugely helpful in getting your break off to a happy start."





Here Comes the AeroplaneUseful Information You Need to Know When Flying with Children