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| The airport's baby change facilities are in each of the toilets. |
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Family Friendly Restaurants ... |
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| The Food Village at the airport offers a variety of refreshments including children's menus and special seating. |
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| Parents should note that whilst there is a children's play area at Leeds Airport it is unsupervised so children should not be left at any time. The Leeds Airport play area can be found in the departure lounge. |
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Last Minute Baby Essentials ... |
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For any passengers flying with babies from Leeds Airport, or small children, and realise that they have left some important essentials at home - such as milk, nappies and wipes - then the retail outlets sell such baby goods.
The airport also has a newsagent that sells magazines, books and comics to keep children entertained before and during their flight.
Do also go and collect your children's free colouring and crayon set at the BAA unofficial information desk. |
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For those families travelling with children over 12 years old are invited to spend their pre-flight time in the Servisair lounge. Entry is charged at a small fee.
For more unofficial information click on the link below: |
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Any family driving to Leeds Airport and wanting a stress free
car parking option should pre-book valet meet and greet airport parking.
This service acts as if you were dropping someone off at the airport - drive straight up outside the terminal, unload your bags and family. Here you'll be met by the meet and greet rep who takes your car to a safe car park. Then, on your return, even allowing for any delays you might experience, your rep meets you outside the terminal with your car. So no hanging around for transfer buses - just straight access into the terminal.
To pre-book a valet meet and greet parking service, or and other types of parking at Leeds Airport or you just want further unofficial information go to www.HelpMeTravel.co.uk who secure travellers the best possible rates. |
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Individual Airline Facilities For Children ... |
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Here we provide details on how the bigger airlines help with families with younger passengers, and families when flying from Leeds Airport.
BMI - Families are able to board first. Entertainment packs are offered to those children aged 4-8 and 9-12 when travelling long haul. Dedicated children and family audio channels and film selections are also available.
British Airways - BA now offer online check-in for families, 24 hours before check-in officially opens - go to ba.com to do so. The online facility means passengers can select their seats, pre-order the children's meals required and print boarding passes for groups up to 6 passengers. Once at the airport your luggage will go through the Fast Bag Drop. Families are also invited to board the aircraft first.
Easyjet - This airline does not offer any special facilities or fast boarding for families, although you can choose to pre-book their fast booking service for £5 online.
Flybe - Specific children's meals are available. Seats on the aircraft can be pre-booked if travelling in the Economy Plus section of the aircraft. If an Economy passenger, passengers are charged £5 to pre-book per seat online, and £8 off-line. Families are also invited to board the aircraft at the same time as those passengers who have pre-booked their seats.
Jet2 - Pre-booking seats together is available to passengers for a charge of £2.50 per person. Families do not as a rule board first.
Monarch - On the charter flights only children's meals are available. All young passengers are offered entertainment packs during the flight. Families are also invited to board the aircraft first.
Ryanair - A range of snacks are available to buy, many of which are suitable for small children. There are no boarding privileges for families.
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General Airline Tips When Flying With Children ... |
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Here are some tips that families should find very useful when flying with small children or babies: |
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Ask for your meal to be brought back later if you are in the middle of feeding your baby
Change your baby's nappy just before you board, especially if a short haul flight
To avoid painful ears during take off and landing try and make your baby or children drink a bottle of milk or water. The constant sucking with help relief pressure.
Check with your airline if travelling with twins by yourself as normally only one infant is allowed under 6 months per adult passenger
Do note that children are not granted an allowance for main or hand luggage
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If you are travelling with an infant or very young child click here for some more helpful tips and unofficial information.
To find the specific location of a certain facility, visit the detailed Terminal Facilities page . |
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