Travelling with Children
Here are a few tips designed to make your journey and stay with us more pleasant in order to keep your journey with children and babies as stress-free and smooth as possible.
Pregnant mothers
Most airlines normally allow pregnant women to fly up to the 36th week of pregnancy. As there are different ways of handling this situation, we would ask you to contact the airline on which you have booked your flight.
Travelling with a baby or young child
Baby food
Feeding bottles and baby food can be taken on board.
Please note the security regulations about taking liquids in your hand luggage too.
Prams and buggies
If you have a foldable pram (buggy), you can take it with you as far as the gate after having checked in. It will be taken over by personnel there and loaded on board the plane. If you have a traditional pram, you must check it in and hand it over at the bulky luggage desk.
Child seats or booster seats
There are normally no child seats on planes. Please ask your airline whether you can use your own child seat or booster seat.
Checklist for hand luggage
- Warm socks
- Clothes and blanket against cool air from the air conditioner
- Favourite cuddly toy
- Book and small toy
- Colouring book and crayons
- Baby food, bottle and dummy
- Favourite snack
- Nappies and wet wipes
- Bag for dirty clothes and nappies
- Change of clothes
- Necessary medicines
Service at the airport
Nappy-changing rooms
You will find rooms for changing nappies here:
- Terminal B, ground floor (public and non-public area);
- Terminal B, upper floor (waiting areas – Non Schengen and Schengen);
- Mall
Children travelling alone
Airline employees are responsible for providing special care for children travelling alone. Use the opportunities of asking about all the arrangements and costs for supporting unaccompanied minors when you book your flight.
Departing
Your child must be at least five years old to be allowed to fly alone (you can obtain precise information from your travel agent or your airline). The child’s age must be noted on the booking. Parents hand over their child to the airline staff after the check-in process and the latter look after the child during the waiting period before departure, in the plane and after arrival at the destination airport.
Picking up the child
Relatives or friends must meet your child at the destination airport after the baggage reclaim area. The persons picking up the child must be able to identify themselves with their address and personal details. Then your child can continue the journey alone.