Belgian couple refuses to pay for infant, leaves him behind at Tel Aviv check-in counter

Last Tuesday, 31 January, the Belgian parents and the baby showed up late at the Ryanair check-in counter of Tel Aviv airport, Israel. The couple wanted to board flight FR4710 destination Charleroi airport, Belgium but didn’t buy a ticket for their son. After they refused to pay the €25 fee, they proceeded towards the passport control leaving the child in his car seat at the counter.

A ground staffer took the couple back to the counter to pick up the baby and called the police and security. A spokesman for Israel Police told CNN in a phone call that the matter appeared to have been resolved by the time police arrived on the scene. He said: “The baby was with the parents and there’s no further investigation.”

On the event, an airport official said: “A couple with a baby, holders of a Belgian passport, arrived for a Ryanair flight at Terminal 1 without a ticket for the baby. The couple arrived late for the flight after the flight’s check-in counters had closed. They left the child seat with the baby and wanted to go up to the security check in Terminal 1 to get to the departure gate.”

Source: Kan.org.il (Hebrew) (kan.org.il)