IT CAN be a nightmare to navigate all the rules different airlines have for passengers who are children.
To save on the headache, we’ve rounded the rules for travelling with children onboard some of the UK’s most popular airlines.
Ryanair
The popular budget airline won’t let children under seven days old travel on their planes, meanwhile kids who are aged eight days to 23 months old are classified as infants.
An infant can sit on an adult’s lap, or a seat reservation can be made for the tot by phoning Ryanair’s call centre.
Those who are aged between two and 16 years are classified as children and will need their own seat reservation – anyone under the age of 12 will need to sit next to an adult.
While there is no checked baggage allowance for infants who are sat on an adult’s lap, passengers can carry two items of baby equipment onboard per child for free.
These items include a car seat, booster seat or a travel but they do need to fit in the specific measurements.
Families will be pleased to know that there are baby changing facilities at the back of plane onboard Ryanair flights, and cabin crew will warm baby bottles too.
The airline has also introduced a new benefit to the Family Plus bookings that allows customers to split their booking between two payments.
easyJet
Children who are more than 14-days-old or younger than two years will be classified as an infant on easyJet flights – anyone younger than 14-days-old won’t be allowed to travel.
All infants and children under the age of 15 will need to be accompanied by an adult who is aged 16 or older.
Families who are travelling with children under the age of five will be allowed to board early.
Two additional items can also added into the hold for free – as long as they’re for a child.
These include items such as a travel cot, pushchair, car seat, a booster seat or a baby carrier.
Children and infants with booked seats have the same cabin bag and hold luggage allowance as adults.
Baby changing facilities can also be found at the front of the plane but families will need to pack their own nappies and wet wipes as these aren’t provided.
Parents can also bring baby food, baby milk and sterilised water onboard, and the airline also supports breastfeeding mums too.
The airline encourages families to book their seats in advance but they’ll need to pay a fee.
British Airways
On British Airways flights children over two-years-old will have the same luggage allowance as any adult, but they will also be allowed their essential extras such as a pushchair or a car seat.
Meanwhile infants (anyone under the age of two) will be allowed to bring an extra bag with them for their in-flight essentials.
But infants who are booked as children (so they have their own seat) will have to adhere to the baggage allowances of children.
The notes that passengers can’t combined their baggage allowances.
You can’t combine your baggage allowances, so please make sure you double check allowances for each member of your family, plus size and weight limits for hand baggage.
Jet2
Infants who are under two on the day that they fly can travel for a £20 charge per flight.
Infants must be over 14-days-old to travel on a Jet2 flight, and they will need to sit on an adult’s lap or be seated in a car seat.
Families can also bring onboard a collapsible pushchair, car seat, or a travel cot for free – as long as the total weight doesn’t exceed 10kg.
Passengers who are aged between two to fourteen are classified as children and will need to travel with an adult.
TUI
Onboard TUI flights children (aged two and older) will be charged the full adult fair with their own seat and a full baggage allowance.
Meanwhile infants are classified as children who are younger than two years but older than 14 days.
Infants will need to sit on an adult’s lap – unless booked into their own seat.
Meanwhile insurance broker Reassured researched the 24 airlines departing from the UK to find out which ones are the most child-friendly.
The research showed that British Airways, Qatar Airways and Emirates were among the top child-friendly airlines, alongside Qantas.
Meanwhile, these parents use a clever snack box game to keep their kids occupied on flights.
And this mum of 22 revealed how she keeps her kids occupied when flying.
Source : The Sun
