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Children and infants


Discounted travel

Accompanied by an adult and not occupying a seat, an infant aged up to one year and 364 days is carried at 12% of the adult fare. This discount may not be available on promotional fares.

As it is a legal requirement for children over the age of two to travel in their own seat, passengers who are travelling with an infant who becomes two years old before their return flight, must ensure that they have a seat reserved for the return flight. There is no additional charge for this seat. The infant fare will apply for the entire journey.

Make your booking online as normal adding the infant to the whole itinerary. Once the booking is completed and you have a reference number, you will need to contact us to book a seat free of charge for the return flight where the infant is now travelling as a child of two years old. If for any reason there are no seats available on the flights you have chosen, we will assist you in choosing an alternative flight or offer a full refund. Please contact us on 0871 700 2000 (Calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras) or +44 (0) 1392 268529 if calling from abroad.

Flybe reserve the right to request proof of age for all infants who are travelling on our flights. When travelling with an infant on a domestic route, therefore, please ensure you bring either a birth certificate or passport to prove date of birth. On International routes a passport will be required.

Pushchairs

If you are travelling with a pushchair it is usually possible to keep the pushchair with you until you reach the steps of the aircraft.

Unaccompanied minors

Children aged between 5 years and 11 years 364 days (Unaccompanied minors)

Children aged between five years and 11 years 364 days may only travel unaccompanied on Flybe point to point flights. A supervisory fee of  £39 (€46, 60CHF)  per child per flight is levied for the service provided.

Children aged between 12 and 16 years

Although not compulsory, you may request for a child between the ages of 12 and 16 years to be carried as an Unaccompanied Minor.

Bookings for Unaccompanied Minors

If you wish to make a reservation for an Unaccompanied Minor please telephone the Customer Call Centre before you make the flight booking with the name, address and contact number of:

  • The person taking the child to the airport of departure
  • The person collecting the child at the destination airport

Numbers are restricted so you are advised, where possible, to reserve in advance.

Air France Operated flights

On flights operated by Air France children under 15 travelling on Flybe tickets must be accompanied by an adult.  

Airports not providing a Unaccompanied Minors service

Currently Ireland West Airport Knock (Noc) does NOT provide an Unaccompanied minors service.

Check-in times for unaccompanied children

Please present unaccompanied children to check in at least one hour prior to the flight's schedule time of departure.

Rules and regulations for unaccompanied children

To be 'accompanied', the companion of a child must be over 16 years of age.

Identification of the escort on departure & escort on arrival will be checked, and the child signed for, in line with current policy.

If a child is not travelling with their parent or legal guardian, he or she must carry their own identification. If no identification is available please contact us. You will need to send a copy of the photo identification from the parents and confirm that the child is travelling with their consent.

Passengers aged between 12 and 16 years who are not travelling as an unaccompanied child require their own photographic identification.

For passengers on international flights a valid passport or national identity card will need to be presented. Other documentation such as a visa should also be sought if required.

Spanish and French children under 18 years travelling without a parent, or legal guardian, and with an ID card must have a form of written authorisation to travel from their parent(s). The form should be collected from their local police station and must then be presented with their ID card at the check-in desk and passport control. If the child does not have this form passport control will refuse travel.

Children travelling on their own valid passport do not require the parental consent form.

A Family Book (Livret de Famille) is not sufficient ID for a child or infant to travel on international flights.

Portuguese nationals and alien residents under 18 years and leaving or re-entering Portugal unaccompanied by their father, mother or legal guardian also need a travel authorisation. The travel authorisation must be signed by the father, mother or legal guardian (If the father, mother or legal guardian reside in Portugal the signature must be notarised). Finally the signature must be authenticated by a Portuguese embassy / consulate in the country where the father, mother or legal guardian do reside.

Italian children aged 14 years and under are now required to obtain a letter of authorisation from the Italian Police prior to travel.

If a person other than their father, mother or other legal guardian accompanies a child travel authorisation is also required. In such cases the travel authorisation must also clearly show the name of the accompanying person. Foreign children under 18 years and travelling alone may be refused entry if they do not have someone in Portugal taking responsibility for their stay.

Unaccompanied children are only permitted on point to point journeys where a custodian of the child is present at each end of the flight. Unaccompanied children are not permitted on flights which involve a change of aircraft en route.

Flybe may refuse travel to carry an unaccompanied child in cases where the child has not been made aware to us.