Infants and baby bassinet

Children 0-2 years old are considered infants and they usually travel on the lap of their parent. If an infant has own seat (without child restraint device, CRD) they must sit on an adult's lap during take-off, landing and possible turbulence.

A healthy, newborn 2 days old baby can travel without restriction on all Finnair flights.

It is not possible to book own seat for an infant on long-haul business class due to seats having airbags. Same applies if short-haul flight is operated with A350/A330 aircraft.

One adult may travel with two infants provided that one of the infants has a child ticket and infant uses CRD on his own seat.

Two adults both travelling with infants cannot be seated on same row as there is only one extra oxygen mask available per row.

	Description	Booking instructions via NDC	Booking instructions via Edifact
Booking a seat for an adult with an infant (INF)	The maximum number of infants per flight is limited to the amount of infant life jackets and infant/extension belts on board. Infants shall NOT be seated on exit rows or at seats with airbag safety belts.	Book infant by adding additional passenger with respective passenger type - INF to the booking Enter the date of birth of the infant to requested field The price for the infant is returned automatically Infant is automatically associated with the first adult in the booking.	Book infant without a seat with passenger type INF. Enter the date of birth of the infant to the passenger type element, e.g. (INF/10AUG19). NM1JOHNSON/BABY(INF/10AUG19) The reservation for INF is priced with an infant fare.
Baby bassinet	Finnair has baby bassinet on all intercontinental flights. On Finnair wide-body aircraft baby bassinet will be assigned to the infant automatically on board, if suitable seat has been booked for the adult (with passenger type infant). Inner dimensions of the bassinets are 70 x 30 x 20 cm. Infants up to 9 kg may be carried in the bassinet.	Suitable seat for the passenger traveling with infant can be selected during seat selection step at the time of booking or the seat can also be added after the booking is created.	Check the seat availability from the seat map (letter 'C' in the seat map). Book the seat and charge the amount with EMD. Note! SR BSCT is not in use.
Buying an infant his/her own seat (INS)	Infants can have their own seat however during the take-off and landing they must either sit on adult's lap with an extra belt or in a child restraint device (which must be attached to the aircraft seat). It is not possible to book INS on long-haul business class due to seats having airbags. Same applies if short-haul is operate with A350/A330 aircraft.	Passenger type INS is currently not available in NDC channels. For booking, please contact Agent Help Desk.	Book infant an own seat with passenger type INS. Enter the date of birth of the infant to the passenger type element, e.g. (INS/10AUG19). NM1JOHNSON/BABY(INS/10AUG19) Add SRINFTYYNN1-INFANT OCCUPYING SEAT 15JAN19/P1 The reservation for INS is priced with a child fare.
Use of child restraint device (CRD)	Finnair allows the use of child restraint devices (CRD) onboard all Finnair/Norra operated flights. A child restraint device accepted for use on Finnair flights must meet at least one of the criteria listed below this table.	Adding SR OTHS to the booking is not possible via NDC channels. After creating a booking with infant, please contact Agent Help Desk and request to add brand name, model, and which standard the CRD follows to the booking.	Insert SR OTHS with brand name and model and which standard the CRD follows. The SR OTHS must be tied to the infant using the CRD and the free format text must begin with 'CRD'. Also NN1 to indicate the amount must be included in the request. Example: SR OTHS AY NN1-CRD BRITAX ELITE ECE 44 REV.03/P2 Seats on exit rows and the rows in front and behind the exit row seats are not possible for CRD.
Infant outbound – child homebound	According to international aviation regulations, a 2-year-old child always must have a reserved seat. When an infant turns 2 years old during the journey, the whole journey is sold with a child fare. In this case, a seat must be reserved for the child also for the outbound flight, even if the child is not yet 2 years old. These guidelines concern flights operated and marketed by Finnair/Norra and are airline specific. If other carriers are involved in the routing, check the procedure from them.	Book child by adding additional passenger with respective passenger type - CHD to the booking Enter the date of birth of the child to requested field The price for the child is returned automatically	Book a child fare with a passenger type CHD. Add OS element: OSAY INF OUTBOUND CHD INBOUND DOB DDMMYYYY/P1
Adding infant to the booking afterwards	Infant can also be added to the booking after booking creation.	In NDC, it is not possible to add an infant to the booking once booking is created. Infant can be added by contacting Agent Help Desk.	Add the infant´s name to the adult’s name element. Example in Amadeus: 1/INF/MIKE/15JAN19 or if different lastname 1/INFSMITH/MIKE/15JAN19 Please contact Agent Help Desk for more information.
Infant travelling one way	When an infant is travelling only on an outbound or inbound flight, but the adult is travelling with a round-trip ticket.	For the time being, all the passengers in the booking need to have the same routing when booking via NDC. When adult is travelling a round trip and infant one way, create a booking for adult and contact Agent Help Desk to add infant.	Adult to be priced normally with a round trip fare. Infant to be priced with a oneway fare.

Restraint device (CRD) criteria on Finnair flights

A child restraint device accepted for use on Finnair flights must meet at least one of the following criteria:

Child seats approved for use in aircraft according to the European Technical Standard Order ETSO-C100c on Aviation Child Safety Device (ACSD).
Child seats approved by EASA through a Type Certificate or Supplemental Type Certificate.
Child seats approved for use in motor vehicles on the basis of the technical standard:
- UN Standard ECE R44-04 (or 03), or ECE R129 bearing the respective ‘ECE R’ label. The child seat must be also approved for use in aircraft on the basis of the technical standard:
- German ‘Qualification Procedure for Child Restraint Systems for Use in Aircraft’ (TÜV/958-01/2001) bearing the label ‘For Use in Aircraft’;
- OR
- Other technical standard acceptable to the competent authority. The child seat should hold a qualification sign that it can be used in aircraft.
Child seats approved for use in motor vehicles and aircraft according to Canadian CMVSS 213/213.1 bearing the respective label.
Child seats approved for use in motor vehicles and aircraft according to US FMVSS No 213 and bearing one or two labels displaying the following two sentences:
- ‘THIS CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM CONFORMS TO ALL APPLICABLE FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARDS’.
- in red letters ‘THIS RESTRAINT IS CERTIFIED FOR USE IN MOTOR VEHICLES AND AIRCRAFT’;
Child seats approved for use in motor vehicles and aircraft according to Australia/New Zealand’s technical standard AS/NZS 1754:2013 bearing the green part on the label displaying ‘For Use in Aircraft’.
Child seats manufactured and tested according to other technical standards equivalent to those listed above. The devices should be marked with an associated qualification sign, which shows the name of the qualification organization and a specific identification number related to the associated qualification project. The qualifying organization should be a competent and independent organization that is acceptable to the competent authority.