Government Plans to End Extra Fees for Families Sitting Together on Flights
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The UK government has a new plan for flights. It wants to stop extra charges for families. Right now, some airlines charge extra money. This money is for parents and children to sit together on a plane.
The government says this can cost a family up to £104. This is the price for a return flight. A return flight means going and coming back.
The government wants to change this. Parents should not pay extra just to sit next to their child. This is part of a new plan from the government.
Many parents think this is a good idea. Sitting together on a flight is important for families. Small children often need a parent close to them.
The government has not said when this change will happen. But it says families should not pay more just to stay together.
Vocabulary15 words
- government
- the group of people who run a country
- charges
- money you must pay for something
- return
- going somewhere and then coming back
- plan
- an idea for doing something in the future
- airline
- a company that flies planes
- flight
- a trip on a plane
- extra
- more than usual
- family
- parents and children together
- ticket
- a paper or online pass to travel
- price
- how much something costs
- seat
- a place to sit on a plane
- together
- with each other, not apart
- pay
- to give money for something
- trip
- a journey somewhere
- change
- to make something different
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1. Extra charges for families to sit together 2. £104 3. False
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The UK _____ has a new plan for flights.
It wants to stop extra _____ for families.
This money is for parents and children to sit _____.
The government says this can cost a family up to £_____.
This is the price for a _____ flight.
Parents should not pay extra just to sit next to their _____.
This is part of a new _____ from the government.
Many parents think this is a good _____.
Small children often need a parent close to them.
The government has not said when this _____ will happen.
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