UNACCOMPANIED MINORS
We have created the Kids Solo service for children traveling alone: Our staff will accompany your child and ensure his or her safety throughout the journey. We are pleased to be able to welcome back children travelling alone (aged 4 to 17 years) on board our aircraft. In the context of the health situation, Air France has put in place special measures to welcome your children in complete safety.
Children and youth under 16 years of age traveling from the United Kingdom are exempt from paying the British Airport Tax (Air Passenger Duty). This exemption is automatic.
YOUR CHILD'S JOURNEY STEP BY STEP
Find out more about your child's journey by clicking on each of the steps below.
Booking
You can book your child's ticket online for all flights operated by Air France. For children aged between 4 to 11 years who live and are traveling in metropolitan France, you can also book your child's ticket using our Air France app. When booking the ticket, please indicate that your child is traveling alone. You will then need to complete an online form: an "unaccompanied minor" form.
Connecting flights
Flight connections for children traveling alone are gradually resuming but are only available at certain airports. Travel routes with connections for children participating in the Kids Solo program include:
- Travel to/from Metropolitan France and Corsica with a connection at Paris-Orly (ORY),
- Travel to/from Metropolitan France and Corsica with a connection at Lyon-St Exupért (LYS),
- Travel to/from Noumea (NOU) with a connection at Tokyo-Narita (NRT) departing from Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG).
- Travel to/from New York (JFK) with a connection at Paris-Orly airport (ORY)
- Travel to/from the Caribbean and Indian Ocean with a connection at Paris-Orly airport (ORY)
- Travel to/from international destinations with a connection at Lyon airport (LYS)
- Connecting flights in Tokyo airport (NRT) to/from any destination except Nouméa airport (NOU)
Travel documents
Visas, passport, vaccinations, entry regulations... Before your child's departure, check the entry and travel requirements for your child's journey. To avoid last-minute stress, complete the "unaccompanied minor" form online. You will need to provide this at the moment of checking in. You can download it during the booking process, or from this page. Please print 2 copies of the travel documents before going to the airport. It is not possible to modify the pre-filled form at the moment of booking. If you need to make a correction, please download the template below, complete it and print it out.
More information:
- Is your child traveling on a flight operated by our partner Delta? You do not need to complete an "unaccompanied minor" form. We will provide you with a specific form to complete at the airport.
- Is your child traveling to the United States? He or she must provide a customs declaration form upon arrival.
- Any passenger under 18 years old, whether he or she is a French citizen or a foreigner living in France, must obtain authorization to leave the country for any journey outside France.
At the airport
For children traveling alone, please check in:
30 hours before departure, in the " Check-in " section of the website. You will receive a check-in confirmation document, which you must present at the check-in counter. - On the day of your child's departure, at the check-in counter. You must arrive at least 30 minutes before the end of the check-in deadline for his or her flight. You an find this deadline on your child's airline ticket.
In the aircraft
Upon arrival
USEFUL INFORMATION
- A child traveling alone is a minor who is not accompanied by an adult over 18 years of age. However, the accompanying passenger may be under 18 years of age if he or she is the mother, father or legal guardian of the child.
- If your child is traveling on the same flight as you, but in a different cabin, he or she will be treated as an unaccompanied minor. Your child will remain under our supervision throughout his or her journey, including any transfers.
- Unaccompanied minors will not be able to access airport lounges, as their infrastructure prevents us from ensuring consistent supervision of your child.
Air France can supervise disabled children or those with reduced mobility, under certain conditions. Please contact Saphir , our assistance service for passengers with reduced mobility, for further information. - If a flight is delayed or canceled, children traveling alone take priority. Your child will remain under constant supervision by our staff, even if overnight accommodation is required. We will inform you immediately of any special action taken to accompany your child throughout the journey.