Is there an age restriction for babies on long haul flights?

[Shazzler]

I did not think there was but a friend of mine is pregnant and wants to go home to Zimbabwe for a holiday. The baby will be born by then but someone suggested to her that the baby will be too young to fly.

Does any know anything about this?

Anyone?

I think it's 6 weeks- there was something on one of those Airline programmes.

BA website states
" Is there a minimum time period before a newborn baby and his/her mother before they are allowed to travel on a British Airways flight?

Answer
Yes there is.
A baby must be at least 48 hours old before we can accept him/her on to one of our flights, subject to having been born without any complications, due to the physical effects of flying at high-altitude.

Therefore, please note that we would always advise the child's parents or guardians to ensure that the treating doctor agrees to him/her travelling with us.

Similarly, the baby's mother can be accepted for travel from 48 hours after the birth of her baby subject to having delivered without any complications or surgery.
If a caesarean section was performed or if surgery was needed for the mother then the minimum period before we could accept her for travel (with medical clearance from our Health Services) would be 10days.
However, this is also subject to approval for travel from her treating doctor."

However think different airlines have different policies and Easyjet, for example, is 2 weeks, and premature deliveries may be longer. Long haul may differ again.

Thank you. I told her to call the airline that she would be flying with but thought someone out there among the MNers would know.

She was told 6 months but I did not view her source as reliable as I know the lady and sometimes she gets a bit mixed up .

We flew longhaul with DS when he was 8 weeks old (London to Cape Town) - absolutely no problem whatsoever. He slept the whole way - I had to wake him for feeds.

Blimey am shocked at being able to fly 10 days after CS

Wonder what their limit is for other surgical procedures?