The school holidays

With the school holidays imminent BA has come up with some suggestions.

If you plan to take your child's saftey seat for the flight, check with the airline before travelling. Every one is different.

Before your child’s first flight in their own seat, sit them on the sofa at home with a cushion between you as the armrest, explaining how it is on board.

Take a small compact travel pushchair for easy cabin stowage onboard – standard pushchairs will normally have to go as hold luggage.

Pack their favourite teddy, pillow or comfort blanket – to help them get to sleep more easily and make it feel more like home.

Sometimes waiting for take-off or leaving the aircraft can be boring for young children – a bag of treats can work well at this point as a distraction.

It is no-go for the flight deck – but most crews will try and help after landing.  

If you are flying somewhere with a big time difference try to allow yourselves two days when you get back to give your children time to get back into UK time before school starts.

On long haul flights the airline has a special child friendly menu, which parents can book free in advance.  Children are also offered entertainment packs and electronic games.  Ipods etc can be used in flight as well as the aircraft's in-flight entertainment (IFE). www.ba.com

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