Infant Car Seats
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1. What are the approved infant/child car seats?
Approved car-type child seats may be used for a child under 3 years but not less than 6 months of age. The seat must be forward-facing and can be secured to the aircraft passenger seat by means of the aircraft safety belt. It must also be approved by a foreign airworthiness authority / government standards:
Approved car-type child seats may be used for a child under 3 years but not less than 6 months of age. The seat must be forward-facing and can be secured to the aircraft passenger seat by means of the aircraft safety belt. It must also be approved by a foreign airworthiness authority / government standards:
- United Kingdom(UK)Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
- Federal Aviation Administration(FAA) of the United States of America as meeting the Technical Standard Order TSO-C100b; or seats that have two markings: "This Restraint is Certified for Use in Motor Vechicles and Aircraft" in red lettering and "This seat conforms to all applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards(FMVSS)".
- European Safety Standard requirements of United Nations ECE Regulation 44(UN/ECE 44)
- Canadian Motor Vehicle Safety Standard(CMVSS)No.213 entitled "Child Restraint Systems" or CMVSS No.213.1 entitled "Infant Seating and Restraint Systems".
- Australian/New Zealand design standard AS/NZS 1754 car seats.
Some examples of labels displayed on child seat approved under one of the above standards can be found here.
Please note:
If you are using a child car seat or a child harness, please note that the manufacturing standards and instructions must be provided to our ground staff and cabin crew for reference. The use of child car seat and child harness on board is subject to all child seat safety requirements. The child car seat/child harness will be installed on window seats except at the emergency exit rows as well as the rows immediately before and after it. The adult accompanying the child shall be seated next to the child car seat/child harness.
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