Travelling with children

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Special regulations for France, Italy, The Republic of Philippines, South Africa and Vietnam

To protect the safety of children, certain countries require you to prepare additional documents when you are travelling with a child.

Flying from France

French residents—regardless of nationality—under 18 years old who are flying from France without his or her parents or legal guardians will need to provide the following documents:

  • A valid passport in the passenger’s name
  • Exit territory authorisation form signed by the passenger’s parent or legal guardian
  • A photocopy of a valid identity document of the parent or legal guardian who signed the exit territory authorisation form
     
Flying from Italy

Nationals of Italy below 14 years old, who are unaccompanied or accompanied by someone other than the parent/guardian stated on page five of the minor’s passport, are required to have an authorisation form (Dichiarazione di Accompagnamento) signed by both parents and issued by the local police, when traveling to or from Italy.

If the passenger’s parents reside abroad, the authorisation form must be issued by an Italian embassy or consulate.

If the passenger is traveling from Italy, his or her parents/guardians may submit the travel authorisation request online through here.

Flying from The Republic of Philippines

All passengers under the age of 18 who are travelling into or out of the Philippines must provide additional documents.

Please refer to the Department of Social and Welfare Development website for more details.

Flying into or out of South Africa

All passengers under the age of 18 who are travelling into or out of South Africa must provide additional documents.

Please refer to the South African Department of Home Affairs website for details.

Flying from Vietnam

Nationals of Vietnam below 14 years old must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardian, when travelling from Vietnam. If the accompanying person is not the minor’s parent or legal guardian, they are required to produce a letter of authorisation signed by the parents or legal guardian. Please download the letter from the links below.

Letter of Authorisation

Cabin stroller requirements

You can carry a compact, foldable lightweight stroller on board the cabin if it meets the requirements below. The stroller will be regarded as one piece of cabin baggage, and will count towards your cabin baggage allowance.

  • Less than 7kg, and sum of length, width and height should not exceed 115cm.
  • Must be able to be stored in the cabin overhead compartment
  • Must be properly packed in a suitable bag prior to boarding, remain folded, and unused in the aircraft cabin throughout the flight.


Singapore Airlines reserves the right to reject strollers that are not appropriately packed. If your stroller does not meet the requirements or if there is no space in the cabin, it will be checked in. Strollers that are checked in will not be counted as part of your checked baggage allowance. Please check with the ground staff on the stroller retrieval location before your flight and/or upon arrival.​

Checking in and collection of stroller

If you are checking in your stroller at the check-in counter, depending on your itinerary, your stroller may be presented to you at the transit station or at the final destination. Please inform the ground staff of your preferred pick-up point.

If you are handing your stroller to our staff at the boarding gate and have a connecting flight, please collect your stroller during transfer at the aerobridge upon disembarkation.

Inflight convertible bed requirements

If you’ve purchased a separate passenger seat for your child, you’re welcome to bring your own inflatable flight cushion or convertible gadget to turn your child’s seat into a bed.

Just be sure to pick a window seat or the middle seat in the centre section—and follow the manufacturer’s instructions for use.

aircraft_convertible_beds


You must also meet the following requirements:

  • Your child must be able to fasten the seatbelt under his or her arm when using the inflight bed.
  • If your child is under two years of age, he or she must be removed from the convertible inflight bed and secured with an infant seatbelt whenever the seatbelt sign is switched on.
  • Convertible inflight beds must be packed and securely stowed in the overhead compartment or under the seat in front during taxi, take-off and landing.
  • Convertible inflight beds cannot be used at the emergency exit rows.
  • Convertible inflight beds must not interfere with or prevent the seat in front from reclining.
  • Convertible inflight beds must not damage the aircraft seat if they need to be attached to any part of the seat.
  • Convertible inflight beds should not exceed a total dimension of 115cm (when the length, width and height of the fully deployed bed is combined), and will be counted as part of your cabin baggage allowance.
  • Convertible inflight beds cannot be combined so as to allow two or more convertible inflight beds to occupy several seats.
     

Child car seats and harnesses requirements

If you’ve purchased a separate passenger seat for your child under three years old, you may bring an approved child car seat or harness for use on board. For safety, your child should be secured in the car seat by its harness at all times—even when the seat belt sign is switched off.

You must also meet the following requirements:

  • Child car seats must be approved by a foreign airworthiness authority and meet government standards such as the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), UN Economic Commission for Europe (ECE), or equivalent.
us

US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

uk

US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

eu

European Safety Standard requirements of United Nations ECE Regulation 44 (UN/ECE 44)

ca

Canadian Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (CMVSS) No. 213 entitled “Child Restraint Systems” or CMVSS No. 213.1 entitled “Infant Seating and Restraint Systems”

au

Australian/New Zealand design standard AS/NZS 1754 for infant car seats.

 

Do note the location of these approval labels on your child car seat, as you may be asked to show it to our ground staff and cabin crew.

  • Child harnesses must be approved by the FAA, such as the AmSafe Child Aviation Restraint System (CARES) child harness. However, the CARES child harness may not fit in some of our First and Business Class seats. For details, please contact Singapore Airlines.

  • Child car seats and harnesses must be fitted according to the manufacturer’s instructions. You may be asked to provide the manufacturing standards and instructions to our ground staff and cabin crew.

  • Child car seats and harnesses cannot be fitted on seats at the emergency exit rows, as well as the rows immediately before and after.

  • Child car seats that must be secured by a three-point harness cannot be used on our flights.

  • Booster seats, vests and harness-type child restraint devices cannot be used on our flights.

  • Child car seats must be forward- or aft-facing and secured to the passenger seat with the aircraft safety belt by a lap belt or two-point harness.

  • An aft-facing child car seat that doesn’t have a belt path must be used with a detachable base. However, these child seats that require detachable bases may not fit properly in the passenger seat.

  • An aft-facing child car seat that has a belt path, and is properly labelled, doesn’t need a detachable base.

  • Child car seats must not extend unreasonably beyond the passenger seat. An adult must be able to move past the car seat when the seats in the row immediately in front of it are in the upright position.

  • Child car seats must not block the aisle. The aisle must remain accessible during taxi, take-off and landing.

  • Depending on your class of travel, the child car seat must fit within these maximum areas:

Aircraft type

Class of Travel

Maximum area (width x depth)

B737-8

Business

 

Economy

19.4" x 17.5"

 

17.8" x 18"

B737-800

Business

 

Economy

21" x 20.5"

 

16.3" x 17.5"

B77WR

First

 

Business

 

Premium Economy

 

Economy

36" x 18"

 

29" x 18"

 

19" x 17.5"

 

18" x 17.5"

B787

Business

 

Economy

19.5" x 20"

 

16.5" x 17"

A359 MH

Business

 

Economy

19.5" x 20"

 

16.5" x 17"

A359 LH

Business

 

Premium Economy

 

Economy

29" x 18"

 

19" x 19.5"

 

18" x 17"

A359 ULR

Business

 

Premium Economy

29" x 18"

 

19" x 19.5"

A388R

Suites

 

Business

 

Premium Economy

 

Economy

21" x 20.5"

 

24" x 18"

 

19" x 17.5"

 

18" x 17"