Unattended Child Passengers

Did you know that we as Turkish Airlines carry thousands of unattended child passengers to their loved ones in safety each year for them to enjoy their travels? .

Who can travel unattended?

Child passengers who have celebrated their seventh birthday on or before the day of travel, but haven't yet celebrated their eleventh birthdays, who are permitted by their parents or legal guardians to travel unattended.

Before the Flight;

• In order for the children to travel unattended, all reservations of every flight have to be approved. 
• Parents or legal guardians must bring the children to check-in at least two hours before takeoff. 
• Unattended traveling of children is subject to the permission of the parents or legal guardians of the children traveling unattended and an “Authorization Form” is filled out and signed by the parents or legal guardians of such children.
• There is a separate check-in counter in the Istanbul Ataturk Airport for children that travel unattended. In other airports, unattended child travelers are given priority. 
• Authorized personnel will attend to children that travel unattended through the procedures of passing through security controls, passenger waiting areas and boarding gates until the child boards on the aircraft. 
• Unattended child passengers are boarded on the plane by authorized personnel and handed over to the pursers. 

During the flight;

• The seat numbers of unattended child passengers are chosen from seats that are near the cabin crew. As a result, they can travel under the supervision of the cabin crew during the flight.

At arrival;

• Unattended child passengers are delivered by the purser to the officers awaiting the flight on the arrival stations in exchange for a signed "Authorization Form".
• Authorized personnel are in charge of conducting all transactions in the arrival station such as passport controls, customs and baggage delivery. 
• Unattended child passengers are delivered to the persons stated on the "Authorization Forms" in exchange for their signatures, after the stated names-surnames of the persons taking delivery of the children are checked.