Children and infants

Travel from week 28 up to and including week 36

We ask that you provide a doctor’s certificate confirming that you are fit to travel, the stage of pregnancy, and your due date.

From 37 weeks up to and including your estimated delivery date

You’ll need a doctor’s note, issued within the previous seven days of the travel date confirming fitness to travel.

Travel beyond your estimated delivery date

Beyond your delivery date you will only be allowed on flights between Land’s End and St Mary’s. You must be accompanied by an adult escort (partner, friend, family member, medical professional) and have a letter issued by the doctor or midwife within the previous 24 hours confirming fitness to travel, a copy of which will be required at check-in.

Children over the age of two will need their own seat. By law, infants younger than 24 months have to stay sitting safely on an adults lap for your whole journey.

You can’t bring them on-board to use during the flight, but if you need one for your holiday on the islands, we’re happy to take it in the hold as part of your luggage allowance. The Isles of Scilly have very few cars, most families find they have no need for a car seat while they’re on the islands.

Children’s tickets (2 – 11 years) – 15 kg hold luggage allowance.

Infant tickets (0 – 1 years) do not come with hold luggage included, but we are happy to carry a buggy or travel cot for them, free of charge.

Children travelling alone on Skybus flights to the and from the Isles of Scilly

If you need to book flights for unaccompanied children, online booking is not available. Please contact our passenger relations team to make the reservation.

• Under 8 years: Must be accompanied by someone aged 16 or over.
• 8–11 years: May travel alone but require a Young Flyer’s Declaration Form.
• 12–15 years: May travel alone and can be treated as an unaccompanied minor if the parent or guardian requests it.

The Young Flyer’s Declaration Form must be submitted at least 48 hours before departure. The parent or guardian named on the form must stay at the airport until the flight has departed, and the adult collecting the child must be at the destination airport by the scheduled arrival time.

Please note: Unaccompanied minors are not accepted on flights to or from Exeter.

• If your child is travelling with you on the same booking, they won’t need a passport until they turn 16 (a birth certificate is accepted).
• Children aged 12 and over can travel alone, but must carry valid photo ID.