Children & Infants
Discounted travel
Accompanied by an adult and not occupying a seat, an infant aged up to 1year and 364 days is carried at 12% of the adult fare. This discount may not be available on promotional fares.
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 children
Children aged between 6 years and 11 years 364 days (Unaccompanied minors)
Children aged between 6 years and 11 years 364 days may only travel unacompanied 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.
Check-in times for unaccompanied children
Please present unaccompanied children to check in at least 1 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.
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.
