Infants, Children & Minors
Infants
Car Seats
Bassinet
Unaccompanied Minors (UM)
Travel Chair for Disabled Children
| Infants |
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- All our aircraft are equipped with special baby bassinets and packs as well as a wide range of baby food
- Each aircraft has at least two toilets with special fold-down tables for changing diapers.
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Acceptance
- A healthy newborn infant is ready to travel with us after the first week of delivery
- The infant must be accompanied by a parent / guardian
- Infant fare will be charged when an infant travels with a parent / guardian and the infant does not occupy a seat
- A maximum of two infants can be accepted for travel with each parent / guardian under the following conditions:
- One of the two infants must be at least 6 months old and occupy an infant car safety seat. The applicable child fare will be charged
- The other infant must be secured onto the parent / guardian with a child restraint device. Infant fare will be charged
- The parent / guardian should bring their own infant car safety seat which must comply with the Cathay Pacific approved specifications below.
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| Car Seats |
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Acceptance
- Subject to restrictions below, a personal infant / child car safety seat can be taken on board if it complies with the following requirements:
- Forward facing
- Designed for carrying an infant / child between the age of 6 months and 3 years inclusively, and weighs 18kgs or less
- Must be in operational condition.
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Due to safety requirements, infant / child car safety seats may not be used on some of our aircraft passenger seats*. This includes:
- New Business Class seats on all aircraft types
- New Economy Class seats on Airbus and B777-300ER aircraft.
* Please call Cathay local reservations office or your travel agent for the aircraft type of your flight.
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| Bassinet |
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- Subject to restrictions below, a personal infant / child car safety seat can be taken on board if it complies with the following requirements:
- All our aircraft are equipped with special baby bassinets. A bassinet measures 76.20cm (30") x 38.10cm (15") x 20.32cm (8") and can carry up to 12kgs
- Please note however a baby older than 6 months may feel uncomfortable in a bassinet
- A request for a baby bassinet (BSCT) can be made at time of reservation if passenger is travelling with an infant.
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| Unaccompanied Minors (UM) |
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An unaccompanied minor is a child between the ages of 6 to 12 who is
not traveling in the care of a parent/guardian or designated adult.
A child is not necessarily considered an UM if he/she is traveling in
a different class/compartment, but on the same flight as the adult.
Children/friends of the Captain of the flight under 12 years of age,
who arrive from the same plane are also treated as UM, provided they
are holding the appropriate fare type ticket.
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Acceptance |
| Age |
Acceptance Procedures |
| Under 3 months |
Not accepted for travel as
UM even if parents are willing to pay for a CX Flying
Guardian |
| 3 months - under 6 years old |
Must provide own escort or may pay
for a CX Flying Guardian |
| 6-12 years old |
May be accepted to travel alone as
UM given UM procedures are complied with. |
| 12-15 years old |
Upon request of parents may be considered
UM, but usually treated as Young Passenger Traveling Alone (YPTA) |
| Over 15 years old |
Treated as MAAS and there is no need to
apply UM procedures |
Notes:
UM can travel with CX redemption ticket on CX opearting flights.
UM can be accepted for carriage only when the whole itinerary has a confirmed space throughout.
Refer to Reservations for UM acceptance on code share flights operated by code share partners.
UM cannot be accepted for travel if transit time is more than 5 hours.
Charges
PER SECTOR BASIS ON TOP OF THE APPLICABLE FARE BY MPD/MCO AS APPROPRIATE.
ALL CX DESIGNATED FLIGHTS AS FOLLOWS,
A) BETWEEN HKG AND SOUTH WEST PACIFIC, NORTH AMERICA, EUROPE,
MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA, SOUTH ASIA SUB CONTINENT (INDIA, PAKISTAN
AND SRI LANKA), BETWEEN BKK AND DXB - USD50
B) BETWEEN DESTINATION NOT LISTED IN A) - USD20
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| Travel Chair for Disabled Children |
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For a child passenger who has limited upper body support (e.g. due to cerebral palsy) and requires use of a disabled child travel chair onboard, please advise client of the following:
- The accompany family member traveling together with the child has to bring their own disabled child travel chair
and be fully responsible for installation, usage and removal.
- Cathay Pacific's airport staff are required to check if the type of chair is pre-approved.
- Currently only one type of such chair is approved for use on CX operating aircraft. It is called: Daws Engineering Disabled Children Travel Chair PN TC2000-00.
- Pre-approved disabled child travel chair is allowed to be used only on a certain type of aircraft.
Should your client require the use of a disabled child travel chair, you are required to contact our Cathay Pacific North America Reservations team at 1-800-268-6868.
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