travelling with babies and children
With regard to babies and children, a number of regulations apply on board, which you have to take into consideration when you make your booking.
For babies up to the age of 23 months a baby fare of € 15 per single journey applies. A number of regulations apply on board, which you have to take into consideration when you make your booking:- Each baby has to be accompanied by a person of 16 years old or older. One adult may travel with a maximum of two babies.
- A baby may only be transported on the lap.
- If an adult is travelling with two babies, only one baby may be transported on the lap. A seat must be reserved for the second baby.
- transavia.com does not have any travel cots on board.
- Newly born babies are not allowed to travel in a pressurised cabin until seven days after their birth.
- The birth should have taken place without any complications.
- Premature babies are not transported.
- Luggage: see section on luggage guidelines.
reserving a seat for a baby
It is possible to reserve a separate seat for a baby.
- The same rate is charged for a seat for a baby as for an adult.
- You can only reserve a seat for your baby by contacting our call centre.
- Your baby may only travel in an approved infant car seat, which you must bring with you. Only seats without any defects and with a visible approval label* for the European Union or other official government agency may be used. The maximum dimensions of an infant car seat are 42 cm in width and 57 cm in length. Due to its size and flight safety restrictions, a carrycot is not allowed.
- *Official labels are:
- UN Standard ECE R44-03 and 44-04
- US FMVSS no. 213
- Canadese CMVSS 213/123.1
- German TÜV/958-01/2001
- Types approved by Transport Canada
- Types approved by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
- Types approved by the Joint Civil Aviation Authority (JAA)
- Luggage: see section on luggage guidelines.
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| hand luggage | hold luggage | |
| baby | none | 1 piece, max. 10 kg (free). If this concerns a car seat or booster seat, you can bring this along with you to the gate as an exception to the rule (provided it is not heavier than 7 kg). |
| baby in its own seat | 1 piece, max. 10 kg, 55 x 35 x 25 cm (free). You may also take a car seat with you free of charge. | 1 piece, max. 10 kg (free). If this concerns a car seat or booster seat, you can bring this along with you to the gate as an exception to the rule (provided it is not heavier than 7 kg). |
| child | 1 piece, max. 10 kg, 55 x 35 x 25 cm (free) | According to the standard luggage regulations and relevant fee. An umbrella buggy weighing no more than 7 kg may also be taken along with you to the gate free of charge as an exception to the rule. |
children
For children from the age of 2 years, the same fare applies as for adults. If the child turns 2 during the course of the journey, you will then also have to pay the same fee as for an adult. A lightweight umbrella buggy will be transported at no extra charge (max. 7 kg). If you want to take a child's seat with you for your child, this seat must have a label/has to meet certain requirements. The child's seat is seen as one piece of hand luggage. (see table)
children who are travelling alone
transavia.com considers a child travelling alone as being a child of 5 to 15 years old that travels without being accompanied by a person of 16 years or older. Children younger than 5 years who travel alone are not accepted on board. On each flight, a maximum applies to the number of children who may travel alone.
Children aged 5 to 11 years old:
You need to report your child to the transavia.com call centre no later than 48 hours in advance. The person who brings the child to the airport should sign a document for the transfer at the check-in counter. You can already fill in this document:
1. open the document
2. fill it in, this can be done digitally
3. print 5 times
4. bring the document to the airport
transavia.com takes care of accompanying your child to and from the plane. The purser will receive the child travelling alone on board and upon arrival at the destination will transfer the child to a local representative of transavia.com. Someone (of 16 years or older) should always be available at the airport of destination to collect the child; otherwise the child will be taken back on the flight to where he or she came from. The person who collects the child should first report to the transavia.com representative at the airport in question and sign the document for the transfer of the child. For this service, you pay € 50 per child per single journey.
children aged 12 to 15 years old:
These children are allowed to travel alone and are not accompanied by the staff of transavia.com. But if you prefer to do so, you may also request the service as described above for your child aged from 12 to 15 years old. For this service, you pay € 50 per child per single journey.
luggage allowance for children
Children from the age of 2 may take with them a maximum of 20 kg of hold luggage.
buggies and prams
You may take an umbrella folding buggy or a car seat/booster seat with you as far as the departure gate if it does not weigh more than 7 kg. At the gate, it will be put into the cargo hold. Other prams and buggies will be handed over at the check-in counter during check-in from where they will be taken directly to the aircraft.
the baby care lounge at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
If you travel with a baby or toddler, you may use the Baby care lounge at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. Here you can feed your baby or toddler or let them take a nap in one of the seven sleeping cabins. In the cabins, comfortable seats for the parents have been placed. The Baby care lounge is located on the Holland Boulevard (between lounges 2 and 3) and is open daily from 06h00 to 22h00. Entry is free of charge.
portuguese minors who are travelling from/to Portugal
1. Minors (below the age of 18 years) who have the Portuguese nationality, who are leaving from or returning to Portugal without a father, mother or legal guardian need a travel permit. This travel permit should meet the following requirements:
- it should be signed by both parents or legal guardian; and
- the signature should be confirmed as genuine by a notary if the father, mother or legal guardian lives in Portugal or
- the signature should be confirmed as being genuine by a Portuguese consulate in the country where the father, mother or legal guardian resides. This travel permit is also required if minors are accompanied by a person who is not their father, mother or legal guardian. In such cases, the travel permit should clearly state the name of the travel companion.
Address Portuguese consulate in the Netherlands:
Willemskade 18
3016 DL Rotterdam
minors who are travelling from/to France
The following regulations apply to minors who have the French nationality and who are travelling from/to France. These regulations apply to all minors, irrespective of whether they are travelling alone or with someone accompanying them:
- Minors (below the age of 18 years) should be able to present a national identity card or passport.
- Minors (below the age of 18 years) who are leaving France, should have a national identity card and an authorisation document issued by the municipality to depart from the country. This document is called an ‘Attestation d'Autorisation de Sortie’. If the minor has his or her own (valid) passport, the Autorisation de Sortie is not necessary.
Minors who do not have the French nationality, who are younger than 16 years and who are travelling back to France:
- should, if they were born outside of France, be in the possession of a passport or an identity document accepted in France and a certificate of health (or an official copy of it), issued by the French Office the Migrations Internationales prior to coming to live in France.
- should, if they were born in France, be in the possession of an official copy of the ‘Carte de Sejour’ (residence permit or visa) or a French identity document of one of the parents.
more information
Persons who have the French nationality can find more information by consulting the information for travellers of the Ministère des Affaires étrangères.
