Infants (up to 2 years)

Our young friends are welcome to travel on Olympic Air flights with their parent or guardian from the very first days of their life, as long as they fulfill the conditions below to properly ensure their safety:

  • Infants up to 7 days old are permitted to fly, provided the parent or guardian can present a doctor’s certification confirming that the infant is fit to travel and was not born prematurely.
  • Parents of premature infants need to provide certification from an obstetrician that the infant is in good health to travel.
  • Maximum 1 infant per accompanying adult over 16 years of age.
  • The parent/guardian must carry the infant's necessary identification documents, as well as any other documents required at the destination (e.g. visa/passport).
  • Infants can only travel on the lap of their parent or guardian. It is permitted to carry formula and/or breast milk in your hand luggage until 6kgs. However, there is the possibility that you will be inspected at the checkpoints.
  • The maximum number of infants allowed per aircraft depends on the number of oxygen masks and infant belts available on board the aircraft.

The Infant Fare is available for infants under 2 years, who travel on your lap. If you wish to book a separate seat for your infant, you need to purchase a discount Child Fare (if available) and bring a car-type child seat with you, conforming to the international safety standards (read more below). Car safety seats or baby trolleys can be transported as checked luggage without an extra charge. For further information regarding baggage specifications for infants, contact the Call center +302106261000.

If the infant turns 2 while travelling, a separate seat must be booked at the Child Fare for the whole journey. In this case, carrying a car-type seat is optional.

Infant car-type seat

Certification

Infant seats approved for use in the aircraft, on the basis of the technical standard, should hold:

  • UN Standard ECE R44-04 (or 03), or ECE R129 bearing the respective ‘ECE R’ label; and
  • German ‘Qualification Procedure for Child Restraint Systems for Use in Aircraft’ (TÜV/958-01/2001) bearing the label ‘For Use in Aircraft’;
    or
  • Other technical standard acceptable to the competent authority. The child seat should hold a qualification sign that it can be used in the aircraft.

Proper usage

  • It must be placed in an unoccupied aircraft seat and not held on an adult’s lap.
  • It must always be suitably adjusted to a seat unless it is stored as a carry-on.
  • Infant seats must not be placed:
    • in an aisle seat
    • in an emergency exit row
    • in a row before or after an emergency exit row.

Dimensions & safety instructions

  • It may be used for infants and children until the age of 12.
  • The child’s maximum weight is 27 kg.
  • The seat’s bottom should not exceed 40 cm x 40 cm, in order to fit in all cabin seats.
  • The seat must be equipped with shoulder belts (2-position safety belt).
  • Its design must permit secure fastening with the cabin seat belt and should not hinder reclining of the seat in front.
  • The seat must remain fastened during the entire flight.