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Child seats on your flight

Aer Lingus

Aer Lingus

A fully collapsible push-chair/stroller is allowed free of charge for an infant or child booking, plus one of the following items: car seat, booster seat, or travel cot. If the push-chair/stroller is checked in at a desk, it will only be available on the baggage belt when you land. If the push-chair/stroller is handed in at the boarding gate, it can be collected at the applicable collection point at your destination.

British Airways

British Airways

If you’re travelling with your child (over 2 years), you can bring your own single-piece car seat to attach to their aircraft seat, providing it meets the airline safety requirements. You can take the car seat on board the plane if you've booked a seat for your infant or child and intend to secure the car seat on board. Alternatively, your car seat must be checked into the hold as one of the two free essential extras allowed for children, even on a hand baggage only (Basic) fare.

EasyJet

EasyJet

EasyJet can carry up to two additional items for your child in the hold for free. These include a travel cot, pushchair, car seat, collapsible or non-collapsible pram, booster seat and/or baby back carrier. Infants sitting in their own seat will need to use a car seat for take-off and landing, and any time when asked by the crew. If you don’t intend to use your car seat on board, please check it into the hold at the Bag Drop desks.

First Choice

First Choice

For the safety and comfort of your infant, you can bring an approved child's car seat on board for children aged between six months and three years. Your child will need his or her own airfare for this, and this will be charged at the appropriate child price. Purchasing a child's airfare for your infant also means that he or she will be entitled to their own baggage allowance, in which the car seat will be included.

Jet2

Jet2

You can check in car seats up to 10kg into the hold for free. Alternatively, if your car seat is for a travelling infant aged between 0 and 2 years old and is suitable for use onboard Jet2 planes, it can be taken onboard.

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

For each child you may bring 1 car/child seat free of charge on KLM flights. If you booked a seat for your child, it's recommended that you bring your own car/child seat on board. The car/child seat must be able to fit between the armrests of the aircraft seat, which is 42 cm (16.5 in) wide.

Ryanair

Ryanair

You can bring 2 items of carry-on baby equipment for free. This can include a pushchair/buggy, car seat, booster seat or travel cot. These will need to be tagged at the check-in desk or at the boarding gate. You will be able to use your pushchair/buggy until you get to the steps of the aircraft. If you bring a car seat for an infant under 2 years of age and wish them to sit in this car seat for the duration of the flight, you will need to book an extra seat for them. You may bring a car seat on board for an infant or child if it is approved for flying.

TAP Portugal

TAP Portugal

Up to 10kg of hold luggage is allowed for children less than 2 years of age. Excess baggage is charged at 5 Euros per kg. Use of a baby seat of the car baby seat type is required on flights operated by TAP (only applicable in cases in which you wish to reserve a seat for your baby). A car-type infant seat is accepted and placed on a regular cabin seat (front or rear facing), subject to the conditions outlined on their website.

TUI

TUI

TUI carry pushchairs as hold luggage for free. You can usually take the pushchair to the boarding gate before handing it to a member of staff to put into the hold. If you need to take a car seat as well as a pushchair, we'll carry it in the hold free of charge, too. In addition to carrying a pushchair and a car seat, infants under 2 years old will get a hold luggage allowance of 10kg.

Virgin Atlantic

Virgin Atlantic

If you've booked a seat for an infant (instead of travelling on your lap) they can sit in their car seat. They must be next to an accompanying adult or young adult age 12 or over. If you have two children in car seats, you’ll need to have them either side of you. Booster seats are fine to use onboard, but they'll need to be stowed away in the overhead compartments for taxi, take-off and landing, and when the Fasten Seat Belt signs are on.

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