Car seat on planes?

[melbel]

Danielle,

this is what i found on the Qantas website. it was in the general section so not specifically domestic or international. So I guess ring and ask is the best option.......

Quote:

Child Restraint Device

The safest way for an infant to travel on an aircraft is in a Child Restraint Device (car seat). Carriage of a lap held infant is allowed however research has demonstrated it does not provide the protection of a child seat.

To purchase a seat for your infant and obtain pre-approval for the use of a child seat contact your local Qantas Office (pre-approval must be obtained a minimum of 24 hours prior to departure).

Note: Approval cannot be obtained on departure at the airport.

[~breeze~]

Great, thanks for that!

[melbel]

Okay I did some googling:

jetstar and qantas say yes to a car seat provided you have booked a seat for the infant.

Tiger Air and Virgin Blue say no.

Hope that helps

I'd be booking jetstar or qantas from now on!!

[Kailz]

I'm a Guest Services Manager for Virgin Blue, and our policy does not allow Car Seats on the aircraft, but you can take your pram with you up until boarding time and the crew will check it in from there.

We also do the 5kg allowance, so in your 20kg baggage allowance, 5kg of that is baby items, such as car seat, pram, portacot etc, and the other 15kg is for normal luggage.

I assume Tiger would be similar?

HTH

[JordieC]

Wow - thanks guys!! Some very helpful info. I would ask Tiger specficalyl but getting in contact with them is VERY hard!!! I will def fly Qanta next time - but ohw ell - the tickets were dirt cheap - $50 each way each person! I don't mind buying a stroller cause I'l just get one of those umbrealla ones that are quite cheap and if we can't bring it back this time I can leave it at my aunty's - we'll see when we get there!

[Saffi]

I'm a Guest Services Manager for Virgin Blue, and our policy does not allow Car Seats on the aircraft, but you can take your pram with you up until boarding time and the crew will check it in from there.

That is interesting. We flew back from Cairns yesterday on VB. I saw that Qantas do loan strollers to use within the airport and asked if VB do the same. The reply I got was "we don't do that". At no time were we told we could take our pram into the departure lounge and then would be checked in when we board. I will definitely be doing this in future especially as DS is getting too heavy to carry.