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Changes for Kids Flying Solo
Source: Media Article
Date: Jun 01, 2005
Source: Wall Street Journal
Author: Avery Johnson
As school vacations arrive, airlines are changing some of the ways they process unaccompanied children.
Late last year, the State Department tightened its restrictions for
children to get passports. It's no longer good enough for a parent to
apply for a passport in the child's name -- both parents and the child
need to be present. If one parent comes alone, he or she needs to have
a notarized form from the other parent.
As a result, many major airlines now are communicating that rule on
expanded Web pages about traveling with children. US Airways has moved
its online section on children to its front page. There, parents can
book minors online and download and print out the forms they need to
present for an unaccompanied child.
UAL Corp.'s United Airlines has a program run by its pilots to greet
children in designated holding areas where they wait for flights and
talk to them about the plane. After giving the child an autograph, the
pilot lets the flight attendant dial the child's parents from an
onboard phone using the pilot's personal credit card.
At Delta Air Lines, service fees for solo children travelers have been
raised to $50 one-way on all flights; it used to cost $40 one-way for
direct flights, $75 for connecting flights and nothing for the shuttle.
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