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Virgin Atlantic is the most child-friendly airline for UK travellers, according to a recent survey.

A poll carried out by guidebook publisher Rough Guides found that 36% of people consider the carrier the best for children, while 32% gave their vote to British Airways.

Low-fares airlines did not perform as well in the poll, with easyJet and Ryanair attracting 8% and 2% of the vote respectively.

One of the downfalls of budget carriers may have been their weight limits and luggage charges, with the survey revealing that parents' greatest concern when travelling with children was packing everything they need.

Fawzia Rasheed de Francisco, author of the forthcoming Rough Guide to Travel with Babies and Young Children, suggested that paying more to fly with certain airlines can prove worthwhile on a family holiday.

'Aside from baggage restrictions, budget airlines tend to be allocated inconvenient gates in airports, involving walking long distances, negotiating stairs and buses etc - tough going with small children,' she said.

'There's also the fact that budget airlines make it hard, if not impossible, to change plans without buying new tickets; when you factor the cost implications for a whole family, the so-called budget tickets can work out to be more expensive in the long run.'

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