The decision comes after the airline banned babies from the first class section of its fleet of Boeing 747-400 jets.
The baby ban will be extended to its Airbus A380 jets, Malaysia Airlines CEO Tengku Azmil told Australia Business Traveller on Sunday through Twitter. Requests from CNNGo to comment went unanswered at time of writing.
The airline ordered 6 A380s and the first is expected to be delivered in June 2012. "We are planning to stick to out policy for now," Azmil told Australia Business Traveller through Twitter when asked whether the first class section of its A380 planes will have bassinets.
Some Twitter users questioned why the airline doesn't try other nursing techniques, such as employing sky nannies and distributing baby blankets.
Defending his policy, Azmil said that while it was "a tough call," it addresses complaints from first class passengers that they spend a lot of money on first class travel but are often unable to sleep because of wailing infants.
Instead babies and their parents will now need to fly in the airline's business and economy classes.
The airline's 747-400 planes make long-haul flights between Kuala Lumpur and Sydney, London and Amsterdam. -CNN international
Edited by Jamie L.
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