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I will be flying American Airlines non-stop in a CRJ-700 aircraft for a 3 hour flight. My daughter will be 23 months old when we depart in November. She is currently 29 lbs, 32" tall, in the 90% for her age, so she's pretty good sized. We own two Britax Marathon 70 car seats and love them, but I'm pretty sure it will be too large for the airplane seats. I went to American Airlines website to find out the width of the seats and they are 17.3" wide, this is a small aircraft with only two seats on each side. I've been reading through forums on what is the best car seat to use. I'm having a hard time finding any recommendations for traveling on a small aircraft with a car seat. The Costo Scenera is 17.5" according to Wal-Mart website, I will have to measure it in store to be sure. I figure if the armrest move up then it won't be a problem. We called American Airlines to inquire about lap seating for our daughter since she will be under two and they said that we might have a problem fitting a car seat in the small plane. My husband works on aircrafts and has learned a lot about them, he thinks it would be safe to have our daughter sitting on our lap during the 3 hour flight. Since the aircraft is only 2 seats we would not have the option of using an extra seat.
My questions are:
1. Has anyone traveled on a smaller aircraft and were able to use a car seat? If so, which one fit the best?
2. Has anyone traveled with a child under 2 yrs. of age on your lap? How was your flight? Do you think it would have been better using a car seat?
3. Can you provide me with websites showing the cons of lap sitting?
Thank you,
Samantha
I will be flying American Airlines non-stop in a CRJ-700 aircraft for a 3 hour flight. My daughter will be 23 months old when we depart in November. She is currently 29 lbs, 32" tall, in the 90% for her age, so she's pretty good sized. We own two Britax Marathon 70 car seats and love them, but I'm pretty sure it will be too large for the airplane seats. I went to American Airlines website to find out the width of the seats and they are 17.3" wide, this is a small aircraft with only two seats on each side. I've been reading through forums on what is the best car seat to use. I'm having a hard time finding any recommendations for traveling on a small aircraft with a car seat. The Costo Scenera is 17.5" according to Wal-Mart website, I will have to measure it in store to be sure. I figure if the armrest move up then it won't be a problem. We called American Airlines to inquire about lap seating for our daughter since she will be under two and they said that we might have a problem fitting a car seat in the small plane. My husband works on aircrafts and has learned a lot about them, he thinks it would be safe to have our daughter sitting on our lap during the 3 hour flight. Since the aircraft is only 2 seats we would not have the option of using an extra seat.
My questions are:
1. Has anyone traveled on a smaller aircraft and were able to use a car seat? If so, which one fit the best?
2. Has anyone traveled with a child under 2 yrs. of age on your lap? How was your flight? Do you think it would have been better using a car seat?
3. Can you provide me with websites showing the cons of lap sitting?
Thank you,
Samantha