Depending on the type of airline a family uses to a destined location, the services offered and treatment to them will depend on the type of the airliner. There are those that will cater for all your services and inquiry with the utmost care, generosity and understanding. These airlines go beyond the expected to ensure the satisfaction of families using such flights.
Whenever annual awards for the best airliner are being organized, the board vested with the powers to verify votes and basis of results submitted to select the best suited airline. The organizers had to conduct a ground check for evidence of all the services offered to families. Amongst factors considered during the award include the entertainment quality and provision, care for families using flights as well as check priorities. The scheduling of airlines, policies to do with pre-seating as well as entertainment onboard their aircraft are some of the factors that have to be ensured for families making flights to any destinations.
One of the winners of the awards, an American airliner emerged unique and outstanding by having counters that are solely dedicated for families, welcome kits for the young children, pictorial drawings and celebrations of birthdays on board. For other flights that were presented, they also had unique features that catered for families but did not overpass the threshold of the winning airliner. The airliners provided zones for the kids to play in the lounges of the airport, provided kids with magazines and helped and made announcement for children with autism.
The period of time a flight takes, as well as the stop overs a plane makes is also a factor to be considered. This is because having children on board can be a bit trying when it comes to saving time in those stop overs. For some airlines, which is becoming a major consideration for other airlines, having movies is highly becoming a trend under very high demand.
For the families travelling with toddlers, a bassinet is a guarantee supply by any airliner and should never be availed on request; it is a mandatory requirement that must be confirmed by the operatives of the airliner. The services offered while on air and the considerate help facilitated by the cabin crew is a major factor of consideration for families.
While flying out or in with the families, it is good to use an all-inclusive service option as you will not be subjected to trouble dealing with children making request for snacks and foods that you had not anticipated for. A full service package is the most suitable for families. There have been previous times when the low cost airliners have had to deal with shortages of food products, drinks as well as malfunction and limited functional entertainment units. This might happen even when arrangements have been for booking prior to the material flight day. It can be a very frustrating flight for families in the event that it happens.
Some of the best airlines provide families with the best services they would ever get, while some have a control over the extent to which they stretch that support to their family clients. It becomes a losing factor when such families mark a certain airliner because of not providing a particular service at a particular time; clients will stop booking flights via that airliner, losing the trust and goodwill from the travelers.
For some flights providing food to children is a major issue that they can't and have not had the chance to do. Ensuring that families sit together during a flight is a priority that some airliners take into much consideration while for some it is not a bother.
Some of the airliners offer families having small kids some strollers to ease movements from one point to another especially when there is a rush for a plain or movement is being curtailed by the presence of many people in an airport. As far as children are concerned, some airliners scores highest while others dwindle to survive that area. All that said, for those who never want to see kids on their sight while flying, there are wings that children are not allowed to occupy, you can consider that.
17th July 2018 the World Airline Awards part of Skytrax Ceremony will be held at The Langham Hotel London.