In 2009, more than two billion passengers travelled by air.1 Child safety during air travel has always been a concern especially for children less than 2 years of age.2 3 Many aviation authorities such as the Federal Aviation Administration and the European Aviation Safety Agency encourage the use of children restraint devices (CRDs), but their use not mandatory.4 Since a CRD occupies a full seat, it increases travel costs for families, so they may opt to travel by road where the use of a child-restraint seat could prevent about 0.4 child air crash deaths per year …