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.

Some countries require special travel documents, quarantine on arrival, a recent negative Covid-19 test or medical certificates for travel, including for children. Please check the entry and stay requirements of the destination countries for your child. For more information, please consult the TravelDoc website. At present, children traveling alone are prohibited from traveling to China due to the quarantines required on arrival. Wearing a surgical mask is mandatory from the age of 6 years old, both on board our aircraft. Wearing a mask is nonetheless strongly recommended for all children regardless of age. Make sure to provide your child with several surgical masks for the duration of their trip. The health procedures put in place at the airport also apply to children traveling alone. To save time, we advise you to print your child's travel documents before you arrive at the airport. Some flights are not available at the time of booking for children traveling alone, as the Kids Solo service is limited on board our aircraft. For a list of the routes where our crew can accompany your child, please visit the section dedicated to connections entitled "Your child's step by step journey" to learn more. Updated: May 2022

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.

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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).

For all other connecting flights, our crew will not be able to accompany your child.* Please make sure your child's trip meets the criteria of eligibility before booking two separate flights. If you would like to book a ticket with a connecting flight for your child traveling alone, please call our customer service or contact a travel agent. The following connections are suspended until further notice:

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)

Please note: the Kids Solo lounge is only available at Paris-Orly airport. *All flight connections at Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport are temporarily suspended. *The booking fees that apply are the same as those for an online booking. For more information, visit this page.

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.

Download the travel form

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.

Download and complete the declaration form

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.

View the regulations

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.

View check-in deadlines per point of departure and arrival Please check in any baggage that your child is not able to carry alone. At the check-in counter, we will let you know where and when our staff will come to collect your child. At the expected time, an Air France member of staff will accompany him or her to the aircraft. Please wait for the SMS message confirming takeoff before leaving the airport. If the flight is canceled, we may return your child to you to wait for the new flight. The person or people picking the child up at destination will also receive an SMS message with a new estimated time of arrival. Track your child's journey in real time: With the Air France app, track the main steps of your child's journey in real time and share it with the person picking up your child at destination!

In the aircraft

The cabin crew will take special care to make sure your child is comfortable and safe. On international flights, your child can enjoy games, movies, cartoons, magic trick tutorials and even meditation programs for kids and adults alike. We will also bring gifts and treats to help him or her pass the time. It's even more fun on board than at home! Does your child have a tablet or smartphone? Starting from 30 hours before the flight, download our range of magazines for young people in the Air France Play app. And at mealtimes? On long-haul flights^*, we will serve your child a meal adapted to his/her tastes, and containing organic ingredients. For children aged 9 years or over, your child will be served an adult meal, or if you prefer, a child's meal. You can also, if you wish, order the "My Fun Menu", designed to delight young food lovers. Learn more about our long-haul network Please make your child aware of the need to stay in the same seat during the flight and to stay seated at the moment of arrival, until a member of staff comes to collect him or her. This is especially important for teenagers.

Upon arrival

Upon arrival, your child will be the last to leave the aircraft. A member of our staff will accompany your child to the the arrival area and the designated pick-up person.* The pick-up person will receive an SMS with the aircraft's estimated time of arrival and will need to provide a photo ID. Depending on the airport, your child will either have already retrieved his or her baggage, or will do so with the designated pick-up person. Time to reunite! Now's the time to take a photo with the child and send it to yourself in the Air France app! * The designated pick-up person must be an adult over 18 years of age (or a parent or legal guardian who is under 18 years of age).

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.