No Noisy Children: Skyscanner Reveals Most Wanted Features of Dream Aircraft

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No Noisy Children: Skyscanner Reveals Most

Wanted Features of Dream Aircraft

PR Newswire

SINGAPORE, June 19, 2012

SINGAPORE

,

June 19, 2012

/PRNewswire/ --

The new Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which is set to fly from

Tokyo

to

Singapore

this September with other Asian routes to follow soon after, brings with it a

variety of new features to improve the on-board experience. Following this

news, a new survey of over 1000 passengers by leading global flight search site

Skyscanner reveals what people actually want to find on their dream aircraft.

Although the single most requested feature was capsule-style bunks (taking

20% votes), 26% of people wanted facilities to reduce noise and annoyance

caused by flying families with sound-proof sections for children and kick-proof

seats taking second and third spots.

Assisting passengers in their quest for relaxation, 'massaging chairs' took the

fourth spot followed by 'Free use of iPads', perhaps inspired by Asian budget

airline Scoot who now offer free iPad hire to Business Class customers.

A singles section, where unattached passengers could potentially meet, flirt and

chat at 30,000 feet came surprisingly high on the list while nearly one in 20

respondents voted for transparent floors and ceilings while an in-flight cinema

and cocktail bar also came in the top 10.

Skyscanner's Director for

Asia Pacific

, Ewan Gray said:

"As a parent, I've flown with my one-year old child long-haul between

Skyscanner's offices in

Edinburgh

and

Singapore

and can understand the stress

that travelling with children can bring for both the parents themselves and

others seated around them, and so I'm not surprised that sound-proof sections

and anti-kick seats score so highly on the list. It's just a shame that for most of

us flying economy class these luxury features will have to remain a dream".

Top Ten Wish List for the Perfect Plane

1. Capsule-style bunks - 20%

2. Sound proof sections for children - 18%

3. Anti-kick seats - 8%

4. Massaging Chairs - 8%

5. Free use of iPads - 5%

6. Transparent floors and ceilings - 5%

7. Singles Section - 4%

8. Showers - 4%

9. Cinema - 3%

10. Cocktail bar - 2%

Other - 23%

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