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Mar 20, 2013 | 10:40 am

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princessyoga

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Originally Posted by ELAL

Thanks mod.

just to sumarise for those joining in this new thread, we have established that its legal in the US to have infants not belted, does anybody know is this legal in Europe too? If this isn't legal in europe, would a US airline flying out of europe be allowed to travel without belting up infants?

Quote:

Originally Posted by PVDProf

It is stronger than this in the US: you MAY NOT belt an infant to yourself during taxi or takeoff. I believe that in most of Europe, you MUST. The distinction is made by nationality of the carrier, not the destination of the flight.

As pvdprof says, it depends on the nationality of the carrier. On US carriers, no extension belts and on EU carriers you have to belt them.

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