Unaccompanied minors

The following age requirements apply for our childcare service for children travelling alone (UM Service). Some countries, however, have different age requirements. We kindly ask you as a parent or guardian to check the relevant regulations well in advance.

It is not possible to book the flight or the UM Service for children travelling alone online. This must be done by telephone with our Service Center or through your travel agency. The UM Service must be booked with our Service Center by telephone at +41848333593 at least 96 hours before departure.

When making your booking, please specify the adults who will hand over and collect the child. The costs for the ticket and service are charged together. The service is charged per segment of the journey.

For free seat reservations for unaccompanied children, please also contact the Service Centre by telephone +41848333593 or using the contact form.

Please be sure to have all the required travel documents. Fill out the childcare form below on the computer and print out sufficient copies. Your child will need two copies of the form per flight segment. For example, if your child is travelling the route Zurich-Marrakesh-Zurich, they will need four copies. By signing this form, you confirm that you will pay the costs for food, accommodation, or transfer if the person collecting the child does not arrive at the destination and the child has to fly back.

For travel to/from Skopje and Ohrid, children travelling alone with North Macedonian citizenship up to the age of 13 must carry a legally valid power of attorney from their parents. 

Care form

Please note that special entry requirements apply to children travelling alone who are citizens of South Africa, Brazil, and the Dominican Republic.

Entry requirements for children

At Zurich Airport, your first step is to go to Special Assistance counter no. 122 in Check-in 1 North. Children travelling alone will be checked in there. The ground staff will then arrange a meeting point and time for collecting your child or children by telephone with Checkport.

Abroad, please go to the normal check-in counters.

Your child will be collected by a supervising member of ground staff and brought safely through passport and security control to the gate. As the person dropping off the child, you must remain at the airport until the aircraft has taken off. Good to know: At Zurich Airport, you have the option to bring your child to the gate personally, even if you are not flying yourself. To do so requires that you are the legal guardian and that you have your passport with you. Please register this directly at the check-in counter.

A member of our cabin crew will welcome your child on board and look after them throughout the flight. And thanks to our puzzle book and digital inflight entertainment, the time on board will literally fly by.

Entertainment on board

Once the plane has landed, the cabin crew will hand over your child to the escort staff at the destination. Your child will be taken through passport control and customs. Any checked baggage will also be collected together. Afterwards, the child is handed over to the person responsible for picking them up. This person must arrive punctually at the arrivals terminal, be of legal age, and be able to identify themselves.

No, children travelling alone (under 12 years) are not allowed to take an animal into the cabin.