Travelling abroad with kids on either of the May bank holidays? It might help to know what different regulations each airline has when it comes to kids.
To lend a helping hand, Airport parking specialist APH has compiled a table comparing the child-friendly facilities available on-board all the major airlines to ensure adults enjoy a frazzle-free flight by.
The research compares the facilities available on all major airlines, including British Airways, Emirates and Virgin Atlantic, highlighting the children’s amenities available such as baggage allowance, baby seats, in-flight cots, meals and entertainment.
With regards to baggage allowance, most of the airlines offer infants an allowance of around 10-12kg for hold luggage but some of the airlines that visit further-flung destinations, such as Delta Air Lines, American Airlines and Etihad offer much larger allowances of 20kg, 23kg and 30kg respectively.
Parents travelling with small children who need a baby seat or in-flight cot should be aware that most airlines ask for this to be booked in advance and have weight and age restrictions. The minimum weight allowed on a baby or booster seat ranges from 10-14kg and the maximum weight is 18kg with American Airlines and 20kg with Virgin Atlantic. American Airlines, on the other hand, offer this to customers on a first-come, first-served basis and Ryanair do not allow baby seats or in-flights cots in the cabin at all.
Most of the airlines were found to offer children’s meals and to provide the facilities to heat up bottles and food on-board, apart from American Airlines which do not offer baby food and easyJet, Iberia and Ryanair who do not offer any kind of children’s meal.
