Baby on aeroplane

[warpig3]

How young can a baby be to take it on a plane? Are there any restricitions?

Also, does the baby need a passport if it is an internal flight or will a birth cert do?

Thanks
Warpig

ps. the flight will only be 45 mins max so wont hit the high altitudes.

[lou 26]

not sure about the passport issue but when i asked my health visitor what age my daughter should be before I flew anywhere she said the younger the better! She was about 5 months old the first time she flew. The baby will have to be on your lap though

[warpig3]

Thanks Lou, she is very young but will be at least 7 weeks when/if I fly.

[redcrx]

Awww lexi the high flyer eh? bless

i think all the airlines have different rules.

give the one you want to use a quick call just to get right info.

[warpig3]

Thanks redcrx, it will probably be with easyjet so I will have look on their website. Just fancied a trip back home.

[jno]

jno jnr's first flight was when he was 6 weeks. We had him in a carrycot, which the stewardess took and placed in the pilots' cabin between the pilot and copilot (it was just a charter flight not a jumbo) where it was quiet and dark - no duty-free announcements. He slept like... well, a baby, all the way to Tenerife. Mummy and Daddy felt quite rested too.

[mrs_overall]

Hi warpig.
Yes, junior warpig will need a passport. The only difference between a passport for a baby and any one else is that very small babies are not required to have their eyes open on the passport photo.
When you book your flight/holiday, make sure you book a skycot at the same time. You'll be given seats at the front (with bags of legroom) and the skycot fastens onto the wall. Your other alternatives are to have Junior on your lap the whole journey, or book an extra seat and put junior in a car seat in the plane seat.
I always found that the younger the child, the easier the journey.
When my youngest was 20 months old he was a strapping brute and I endured a 4 hour flight with him on my lap. The guy in front of me kept his seat reclined the whole time so we were squashed, and unable to have a meal or drinks. Nightmare! (He got his own back when he was kicking his legs and his (heavy) shoe flew off and landed on the man's nose!)

[mrs_overall]

Sorry, just realised you said INTERNAL flight.
In that case, junior warpig will NOT need a passport.

[warpig3]

thanks Mrs O and jno, dont think I or the piglet could endure a long flight, although she doesnt cry much knowing my luck she would be saving it all up for the flight. Nothing worse than a crying baby on a plane (for all concerned).