Travelling with children –tips and services for families

If you are taking your own pram or pushchair, you must present this at the check-in desk.

Your airline will decide whether you have to check in your pram or pushchair or whether you can take it with you to the gate.

As a general rule:

• two-piece prams must be checked in
• you can take one-piece prams and pushchairs with you to the gate.

Please ask your airline.

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Pushchair rental

You can rent a pushchair en route from check-in to the gate and as a transfer passenger.

• Age and weight: Children from 0 to 4 years, max. weight 15 kg
• Rental fee: CHF 5 per pushchair
• Pick-up: From staff at Check-in 1 and 2, and in Dock A next to Family Services
• Return: at the gate

SWISS offers a special family check-in at Check-in 1. The desk is well marked.

• More about travelling with children with SWISS 

• You may take milk and baby food in quantities larger than 100 ml in your hand baggage. However, please limit yourself to what you actually need during the flight and present it separately at the security check (place it separately in the baggage tray).
• You can also purchase various baby articles such as nappies, care products, baby food and milk after the security check – our Family Services are located in passenger zones A and E.
• More about the security check
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• Unaccompanied children should carry on their person their birth certificate and a declaration of consent signed by their parents or persons with parental responsibility (see below: If only one parent is travelling).
• The rules for unaccompanied children depend on your airline. Please contact your airline directly for information prior to your flight.
• At Zurich Airport, you can go to the gate with your unaccompanied child.  Please contact your airline directly for information prior to your flight.
• For flights with SWISS, you can book the Unaccompanied Minor service for unaccompanied children. This service is compulsory for children aged under 12.

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Minors who are accompanied by only one parent or by persons who do not have parental responsibility should carry on their person their birth certificate and a signed declaration of consent.

There is no set layout for the declaration of consent, but it should contain the following information as a minimum:

• Name, address and telephone number of the parents or persons who have parental responsibility
• Date of travel, destination and duration of stay
• Reason for travel
• Signature of the parents or persons who have parental responsibility

• More about border control

Please ask your airline directly how late into your pregnancy you are allowed to fly. In some cases you may require a doctor's certificate to be allowed to fly.

The metal detector at the security check is not hazardous to pregnant women or their unborn babies.

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