Fitted child and booster seats at no extra charge, family-size vehicles with room for buggies and cases, and DBS-checked drivers. Book to or from any Manchester Airport terminal, 24 hours a day.
A child-friendly taxi to Manchester Airport is a pre-booked transfer with the right car seats fitted before your driver arrives, and a vehicle big enough for the whole family plus buggies, travel cots and holiday luggage. Tell us each child's age, height and weight when you book, along with how many cases and pushchairs you're carrying, and Taxis Manchester allocates a suitable vehicle and the correct seats — rear-facing, forward-facing or booster — at no extra cost. This page covers seat options, family vehicle sizes, meeting your driver at the terminal with children, and how to book.
We fit seats by your child's height and weight rather than age alone. Give us the details at booking and the seat is installed and checked before pickup.
| Seat type | Typically suits | How the child travels |
|---|---|---|
| Rear-facing infant seat | Newborn to around 12–15 months | Lie-back rear-facing carrier secured with the adult belt or on request |
| Forward-facing child seat | Roughly 9 months to 4 years / up to about 18kg | Five-point harness within the seat |
| High-back booster | Roughly 4 to 8 years | Adult seatbelt routed through the booster's guides, with side support |
| Booster cushion | Roughly 6 to 11 years / until 135cm | Adult seatbelt raised to sit correctly across the lap and shoulder |
| Adult seatbelt only | 12 years or 135cm tall, whichever comes first | Standard rear seatbelt |
Age ranges are a guide only. Weight and height decide the correct seat, so please share both when booking.
Children usually need an appropriate car seat until they're 12 or 135cm tall, whichever comes first. Licensed taxis and private hire vehicles are legally exempt, but a fitted seat is safer — so we'd rather provide one.
Travelling as a family usually means more luggage per person, not less. We match the vehicle to your group and your bags.
Two adults and one or two children, with a larger boot for a folded buggy and a couple of large cases.
Up to six passengers with space for a family's worth of hold luggage, a travel cot and a pushchair.
Extended family or two families travelling together, keeping everyone and the luggage in one vehicle.
When you book, tell us the number of adults and children, how many suitcases and cabin bags, and whether you're bringing a buggy or travel cot. We'll confirm the right vehicle so nothing has to travel on a lap or be left behind.
For departures, your driver arrives at your address with the seats already fitted, helps load the buggy and cases, and drops you at the correct terminal set-down point — Terminal 1, 2 or 3 — so you're not walking between terminals with tired children.
For arrivals, your driver meets you inside the arrivals hall with a name board once you've cleared customs and collected your bags. The child seats are fitted and waiting, so there's no assembling anything at the roadside. Add your flight number and we track the flight, adjusting the pickup if you land early or late, with free waiting time built in for immigration queues with children.
Driver waits inside the Terminal 1, 2 or 3 arrivals hall with your name on a board. Child and booster seats are already installed and checked. No taxi rank queue with a pushchair, no car park walk, and free waiting time after landing so a slow trip through passport control isn't a problem.
Many family holiday flights from Manchester leave early in the morning, which means a pickup at 3am or 4am with children who'd rather be asleep. We run child-friendly transfers around the clock, every day of the year, and your driver and seats are confirmed in advance so the only thing you're doing at that hour is getting everyone into the car.
For late arrivals home, the same applies — a booked driver with fitted seats is waiting whatever time you land, rather than joining a rank queue with sleeping children.
Every driver holds a council private hire licence, which includes an enhanced DBS check. Vehicles are licensed, insured and inspected.
Seats are installed and checked before pickup, not handed over loose for you to fit at the kerb with luggage in hand.
The same driver takes you from your door to the terminal, or the terminal to your door — no changes, no shared rides.
A few extra details at booking are all it takes to have the right seats and vehicle ready.
Online or by phone. Give your pickup address, travel date and Manchester Airport terminal.
Add each child's age, height and weight, plus the number of cases, buggies and travel cots.
For arrivals, add it so we track the flight and adjust the pickup automatically.
Your driver arrives with seats fitted and helps with the buggy and luggage.
Booking a day or two ahead helps us allocate the exact seats you need, but we take last-minute family bookings too, subject to seat availability.
Common questions about child-friendly taxis to and from Manchester Airport.
Yes. Tell us the age, height and weight of each child when you book and we will fit the right rear-facing seat, forward-facing child seat or booster before your driver sets off. There is no charge for child seats and it helps to book a day or two ahead so the correct seats are allocated.
Children normally need an appropriate car seat until they are 12 years old or 135cm tall, whichever comes first. Licensed taxis and private hire vehicles have a legal exemption, so a child may travel without a seat in the rear if one isn't available, but a properly fitted seat is safer and we would rather provide one.
Yes. Let us know how many cases, a travel cot or a folded buggy you're bringing along with the number of passengers, and we'll send an estate car or a people carrier with enough boot space so nothing has to travel on a lap.
Yes. Your driver meets you inside the arrivals hall at Terminal 1, 2 or 3 with a name board, and the child seats are already fitted. Give your flight number and we track the flight so the pickup fits around a delayed or early landing, with free waiting time for immigration and bags.
Yes. Every Taxis Manchester driver holds a private hire licence from their local council, which includes an enhanced DBS check, and drives a licensed, insured and inspected vehicle.
Yes. We run child-friendly airport transfers 24 hours a day, every day of the year, including the early-morning pickups that most family holiday flights from Manchester depart on.
How pre-booked pickups work for the 3am and 4am starts most holiday flights leave on.
The full guide to booking a Manchester Airport transfer, including vehicles and luggage.
Which airlines use Terminal 1, 2 and 3, and where taxis pick up and drop off at each.
Book a child-friendly taxi with Taxis Manchester — fitted seats, a vehicle with room for the buggy and cases, and a DBS-checked driver, available 24 hours a day, every day of the year.
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