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Infants/child seating

Infants must not occupy a seat they must travel on the parent's lap. This is the only occasion when two passengers may occupy the same seat in the cabin.  All other passengers must be assigned their own seats. Children and infants will not be seated on emergency exit rows.

One adult can travel with two infants subject to the following conditions:

  • one infant must travel on the adult's lap secured using the supplementary seat loop
  • the other infant must occupy a child car seat subject to the conditions below
  • only one infant is allowed on a adult lap per row

car seats 

Child car seats can be used for infants/children between the ages of 6 months and 3 years. 

The seat must not be located in a row of seats, which are adjacent to an emergency exit or immediately forward of such a row.  The child seat should only be placed on seat F at least one seat adjacent to a child seat shall be occupied by a physically able person of not less than 14 years who is responsible for the occupant of the child seat.

See conditions of acceptance below:

acceptance 

Children or infants using a car seat must pay the appropriate child fare and they will be recorded as a child in the system.

the car seat must:

  • be forward facing
  • have a well-defined shell
  • where there is a separate shell and understructure they must be securely attached to each other
  • not show any signs of having sustained any damage
  • be of a width that allows the armrest to be lowered
  • have a single release type harness at least 1"/25mm width, which at least secures a child's lap, torso and shoulders (it need not necessarily be a 5 point harness).

For the car seat to be secured correctly to the aircraft seat, there must be access at the back of the car seat for the seat belt to go through.

The seat and it's harness must be designed so that the child can easily and quickly be secured in or removed from it.

American child car seats are acceptable provided they have am "FAA approved " label attached and meet with all the above requirements. On no account can a rearward facing car seat be accepted.