Police in Tev Aviv were called to the airport on Tuesday after a couple abandoned their baby at the check-in counter.
The pair were checking in for a Ryanair flight to Brussels, Belgium on Tuesday with the infant when it was revealed they didn’t have a ticket for the child. Despite this, they headed off to board the flight – leaving their child behind on the airline check-in counter with its car seat.
A RyanAir rep told CNN, “These passengers traveling from Tel Aviv to Brussels (31 Jan) presented at check-in without a booking for their infant. They then proceeded to security leaving the infant behind at check-in.
“The check-in agent at Ben Gurion Airport contacted Airport Security, who retrieved these passengers, and this is now a matter for local police.”
Parents can include infants in a flight reservation during the online booking process for a fee of €25 ($27) charge if they are sitting on a parent’s lap. A full seat must be paid for by separate arrangement if the adults want the baby to travel in a car seat.
The Israeli Airport Authority confirmed the incident to CNN saying,
“A couple and an infant with Belgian passports arrived for a flight at Terminal 1 without a ticket for the baby. The couple also arrived late for the flight, once the check-in for the flight was closed. The couple left the infant seat with the baby and ran toward the security checks at Terminal 1 in an attempt to reach the boarding gate for the flight.”
By the time police arrived on the scene. “The baby was with the parents and there’s no further investigation.”
