In compliance with the administration’s directive to all airlines in Egypt, EgyptAir announced on Saturday that effective 1 January 2024, minors under the age of 18 are prohibited from traveling outside Egypt to any destination without their guardians.

The Egyptian flagship airline also indicated that unaccompanied minors should obtain prior permission from the administration’s communication department before traveling.

The new rules do not apply to minors on sports teams who hold a decree issued from the Ministry of Youth and Sports endorsed with the ARE stamp.

However, minors in sports teams who hold letters from the game federation are still required to obtain prior permission, the airline added.

How to book a flight for minors under 18?
 

- Minors planning to travel unaccompanied by an adult are required to fill out an Unaccompanied Minor (UM) form before registering.

- The UM form is available at the airline offices or through travel agents.

- When a flight is booked online for unaccompanied minors, they need to contact the airline office to complete the UM form.

- Unaccompanied minors under 2 years of age will not be allowed to travel.

- Unaccompanied minors over 2 years and under 6 years of age will be accepted for travel if the following conditions are met. 

• A UM form is completed and duly signed by the guardian and/or parent(s).
• An authorized guardian delivers the child at the departure airport.
• Upon arrival, the parents/guardians mentioned in the UM form meet the child at the arrival airport.
• Unaccompanied minors are escorted by an extra cabin attendant.
• Unaccompanied minors shall not be seated on emergency exit seats.​
• The fare for unaccompanied minors will be 100 percent of the applicable adult fare, in addition to the applicable one-way full adult fare for the air hosts.
• The minor's guardian pays the host ticket according to the class of service in which the minor is accompanied.

- Unaccompanied minors over 6 years and under 12 years of age will be accepted for carriage if the following criteria are met.

• The UM form is completed and signed by the guardian and/or parent(s).
• The authorized guardian hands over the child at the departure airport.
• Upon arrival, the parents/guardians named on the UM form meet the child at the arrival airport.
• Additional flight attendants accompany the child during the flight.
• Unaccompanied minors shall not sit on emergency exit seats.​
• The ticket price for unaccompanied minors will be 100 percent of the valid adult ticket price, plus the full adult valid one-way ticket price for air hosts.

- Young travelers over 12 and under 16 years old will be accepted for unaccompanied travel and may be given unaccompanied minors treatment upon the request of their parents or guardians. They also will not be seated on emergency exit seats.