Malaysia Airlines is to ban babies travelling in first class flight on the airline's new Airbus A380 and Boeing 747-400 fleet.

The airline said they have introduced the baby ban after getting lot of complaints about crying infants from first class travelers.

Those wishing to travel with infants will have to book bassinets in business or economy sections instead.

Malaysia Airlines CEO Tengku Azmil told the Australia Business Traveller first-class passengers complained about spending a lot of money and not being able to sleep “due to crying Babies”.

A MOTHER claims a budget airline refused to carry her disabled son because health and safety rules meant his wheelchair was too heavy for baggage handlers.


Outraged Alexandra Spencer is considering taking legal action after Easyjet Airlines turned away her terminally ill son Declan, 12, from what cold be his last holiday abroad.


Miss Spencer, 29, said she was told by the budget airline that it would not take Declan on a flight to Cyprus because his specialised 95kg wheelchair presented a healthy and safety risk to staff.


An easyJet spokesman said the company was “extremely saddened” at being unable to help, but insisted it was bound by health and safety rules at the airport.

The Skytrax World Airline Awards Ceremony took place in Paris, France. During a 10 month survey period, 18.8 million airline customers from over 100 different nationalities participated in this customer satisfaction survey.

Turkish Airlines has been also named as the winner of the categories, “Best Airline Europe”, “Best Premium Economy Seats” for its Comfort Class seats and “Best Airline Southern Europe” at the World Airline Awards.

The award was given to Turkish Airlines' General Manager Temel Kotil, Ph.D. by the CEO of Skytrax, Edward Plaisted.