Children and infants

To fly more safely, there are special regulations adapted to their age.

Babies under 8 months old

There are cots for babies who weigh up to 11 kg on Iberia aircraft on inter-continental flights.

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There are a certain number of cots on each Iberia aircraft on inter-continental flights.

These cots, like the seats for the adults who accompany the baby, do not have to be booked online.

Please book a cot through an Iberia Office in your country, where you can also get information about booking a seat for yourself in the designated aircraft area for cots in advance. Depending on the cabin class, booking a seat will incur an additional cost. Check conditions.

Children under 2

If your child has not turned two and does not occupy a seat, he/she pays 10% of the fare price. If your child does occupy a seat he/she will be treated as a child aged between 2 and 11.

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If your child occupies a seat on the aircraft, please bring with you an authorised car seat to place the child in, considering safety regulations.

Please bear in mind that if the child will turn two before the trip ends, your ticket should be purchased at the ‘Child’ fare for the whole of the flight.

*On flights IB7XXX operated by Lan Airlines, babies who travel in Business will be subject to the same fare as adults and will travel in an individual seat, with the safety regulations mentioned above applying in these cases.

When you travel with a baby and bring your own stroller, you have the option of keeping the stroller with you through to when you board the aircraft or checking it in along with the rest of your baggage. If you take it to the aircraft door, you will have to carry it in the cabin, space onboard allowing. If there is not enough space, the flight crew will remove the stroller, place it in the hold and return it to you at the aircraft door upon arrival.

If you check it into the hold, you will have to collect it along with the rest of your baggage on the corresponding belts in the arrivals lounge.

Children from 2 to 11 years of age travelling alone

Children travel on a full fare without restrictions, and pay 50% less on domestic flights.

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Children over two and under 12 travel paying 50% of the fare on domestic flights with a full fare (i.e., with no restrictions). On reduced fares, a percentage will be applied depending on the chosen fare.

On international flights this percentage will vary depending on the destination and the applied fare. This discount is not applied on certain special offers.

*This service may not be requested on IB5XXX flights.

An adult travelling with two children aged under two

You only have to take one authorised car seat to put on the seat next to you in the passenger cabin.

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Onboard safety regulations require that, in the case of an adult passenger wishing to travel with two babies, he/she will have to take an authorised car seat with them in which to place on of the babies, and which will be positioned on the seat next to the adult passenger.

The other baby will travel on the adult passenger’s lap, using the extra belt that the crew will provide, as has always been done to date.

The fare applied to the baby in the car seat will be the same as that of a child aged between two and 12.

Particular cases

Regulations on international flights

On international flights (European and Third Countries), because there are no standard regulations, all minors (accompanied or not and regardless of age) should present their own National Identification Document (with formalised authorisation from a police station if travelling alone) or passport, and must also meet the requirements of the country to which they are travelling.

Flights to/from Mexico

Starting 24 January 2014, all minors who travel alone or accompanied by a third person who is not either of their parents or their legal guardian, should present a document signed by both parents or the parent who has custody or the person who has guardianship, before a notary public or pertinent authority, where it states that the child is allowed to leave the national territory.

When it is a document granted abroad, it should be authorised or apostilled, depending on the case, with a translation (if in a language other than Spanish).

In the specific case of Spain, the police have an authorisation document especially for these cases.

And remember

There is a special regulation for minors.
Cots for babies on inter-continental flights.
Adapted fares.
If you are flying with two minors, don’t forget to bring an authorised car seat.
Find out about the documentation required to travel with minors.

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