Airline | Minimum Age | Mandatory Until Age | Optional Until Age | Minimum Solo Age | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Air Asia | NA | NA | NA | 12 | Please note that the Skyrider Young Flyer program has been cancelled, effective 24 June 2013.[5] |
Air China | 5 | 11 | 17 | 12 | [6] |
Air New Zealand | 5 | 11 | 16 | 12 | Not available on flights NZ1 and NZ2 (LHR-LAX-AKL)[1] |
American Airlines | 5 | 13 | 17 | 14 | [7] |
Asiana Airlines | 5 | 12 | NA | NA | [8] |
Belavia | 5 | 15 | NA | 16 | [9] |
British Airways | 12 | NA | NA | 12 | Service Ends 31 Jan 2017[10] |
Cathay Pacific | 6 | 11 | 17 | 12 | [11] |
China Airlines | 5 | 11 | NA | 12 | [12] |
EasyJet | NA | NA | NA | 14 | [13] |
Emirates | 5 | 15 | NA | 16 | [14] |
Eva Air | 5 | 11 | NA | 12 | [15] |
FlyBe | 5 | 11 | 16 | 12 | [16] |
Frontier Airlines | NA | NA | NA | 15 | [17] |
Korean Air | 5 | 11 | 16 | 12 | [18] |
KLM | 5 | 14 | 17 | 15 | [19] |
LATAM | 5 | 11 | 17 | 12 | [20] |
Lufthansa | 5 | 11 | 17 | 12 | [21] |
Malaysia Airlines | 5 | 14 | NA | 15 | [22] |
Norwegian Air Shuttle | 5 | 11 | 15 | 12 | Norwegian Air Shuttle does not currently offer Unaccompanied Minor Service to or from Bosnia, Bulgaria, the Caribbean (Guadeloupe, Martinique and St. Croix), Israel, Kosovo, Morocco, Serbia, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and the U.S.[23] |
Pegasus Airlines | 7 | 13 | 17 | 14 | [24] |
Qantas | 6 | 11 | 15 | 12 | [25] |
Ryanair | NA | NA | NA | 16 | [26] |
Southwest Airlines | 5 | 11 | NA | 12 | [27] |
Transavia | 5 | 11 | 15 | 12 | [28] |
United Airlines | 5 | 15 | NA | 16 | [29] |
Virgin | 5 | 15 | NA | 16 | [30] |
Westjet | 8 | 11 | 17 | 12 | [31] |
WizzAir | NA | NA | NA | 16 | Children under 14 years old cannot fly unless accompanied by an adult at least 16 years of age. [32] |
WOW air | 5 | 11 | 17 | 12 | [33] |
For their safety children travelling in a different cabin to their caregiver are required to be classified as unaccompanied minors.