Unaccompanied MinorsChildren traveling on their own are in good hands. Cabin attendants escort and supervise them and see to all of their needs from their arrival at the airport until arrival at their destination.

EL AL offers special service to unaccompanied children aged 5 to 12, flying without an adult escort. Upon request, the service is also extended to children up to age 18. The service includes escorting and assisting the child from the moment the child arrives at the check-in counter and continues until he/she is met by adults at the destination. It can be ordered through a travel agent or directly at one of EL AL's offices as well as through EL AL's telephone reservations centers.

Children aged 5 to 12 can fly with EL AL without a parent or other escort if they meet all requirements.

The cost of the service is $75 per EL AL flight segment. The $75 payment covers one or more children from the same family flying on the same flight to the same destination.

Especially for our young passengers
We have opened a special waiting room – the ELALCHIK Lounge – for these young passengers. The lounge is a pleasant, attractive, separate waiting room equipped with activities that children love: television, activity booklets and a wide choice of games – fun for the children to occupy them until flight time.

ACCEPTANCE AND RESTRICTIONS

• The child must be escorted to the airport of departure by a parent or authorized escort aged 16 or over, who will remain with the child until the flight departs.
• The escort should have complete details including the full name, address and telephone number of the person who will meet the child at the end destination. The person meeting the child at the end destination must produce documentation identifying him or her as the person whose details were submitted at the departure point.
• If the unaccompanied minor's flight includes a change of aircraft or transfers to another airline, the child should have with him/her a confirmed reservation for the second flight en route to the final destination.
• Reservations will not be approved for a flight route that includes two airports or two terminals at the same airport, at a transit point, for example: an EL AL flight from Israel to the USA that combines Tel Aviv to JFK Airport in New York, followed by a flight from La Guardia Airport (LGA) in New York to Los Angeles (LAX).
• Following is a list of airports at which unaccompanied minors will not be accepted for specific flights departing from a different terminal from the one at which the flight landed.
• At JFK (New York), ORD (Chicago), and LAX (Los Angeles), in the USA, unaccompanied minors will not be accepted for transit flights.
• At FCO (Rome) unaccompanied minors will not be accepted for internal transit flights to destinations in Italy.
• At ATH (Athens), unaccompanied minors will not be accepted for internal transit flights to destinations in Greece.
• At IST (Istanbul), unaccompanied minors will not be accepted for internal transit flights to destinations in Turkey.
• At LHR (London, Heathrow), unaccompanied minors will be accepted for transit flights only with the following airlines: BA (flight nos. 300 and higher), EI ,JE ,SM, UK ,SN, SA ,BD ,BR ,DA
• At YYZ (Toronto), unaccompanied minors will be accepted for transit flights only with the following airlines: UH, SQ, SX, PW, OA, LH, JU, JM, GX, CS, 4V, WJ
• At EWR, unaccompanied minors will be accepted for transit flights only with airlines NW, DL.

PASSENGERS UNDER AGE 18

• Minors aged 12 - 18 traveling on their own will be required to show sufficient proof that their parents allowed them to fly on their own and that they will be under the supervision of a responsible adult at the destination country.
• Unaccompanied minors over age 12 are entitled to special care only if specifically requested by a parent or guardian.