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Proposed rule would ban airlines from charging parents to sit with children

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 adult for free. Buttigieg pointed out that four airlines – Alaska, American, Frontier and JetBlue – already guarantee that children 13 and under can sit next to an accompanying adult for free. Congress authorized the Department of Transportation to propose a rule banning family seating fees as part of the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act, which was signed by President Joe Biden in May.

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