Airline guide · rules last checked 13 October 2026
Eurowings lets you check in 2 child items (pushchair or buggy, car seat, travel cot, baby carrier, foldable children's wagon) and push the pushchair to the gate. But you still carry everything through two airports with a baby in your arms, and in Heraklion the pushchair comes back on the baggage belt. With Holiday Stork your gear is waiting in the arrivals hall at Heraklion Airport.
Eurowings flies to Heraklion (HER) seasonally, mainly from Germany (Dusseldorf, Stuttgart, Munich, Cologne-Bonn, Hamburg), plus Austria and Switzerland. Each child up to 11, babies included, can check in two child items, and the pushchair can usually be used up to the gate.
Counts as one of your two child items and must be handed in at the check-in counter, not at a kiosk or bulky-baggage desk. At most airports you can keep it until the gate; Eurowings does not say where it is returned, so expect to collect it from the baggage belt in Heraklion unless the crew tell you otherwise.
Counts as one of your two child items when checked in. To use it on board your child needs their own booked seat, the seat must be an approved aircraft model, and you must check in at the counter so staff can verify it; Eurowings does not supply car seats.
A travel cot is on the list of child items, so it can be one of your two, checked in at the check-in counter.
Not on the list of child items, so plan for it to travel as normal checked baggage.
Your stroller, car seat and travel cot, cleaned, checked and waiting for you in the arrivals hall at Heraklion Airport.
Every step of a return trip on Eurowings with a pushchair, a car seat and a travel cot.
Fold the pushchair, bag the car seat and the travel cot, and squeeze them into the car with the suitcases.
Pack clothes, nappies and toys. Nothing bulky.
Push the baby, pull the cases and carry the car seat and cot across the car park.
Walk in with your suitcases and your baby.
Queue at the check-in counter to check in the car seat and cot as child items.
Nothing extra to check in.
Lift your baby out, fold the pushchair and heave it onto the belt while the queue waits.
Your hands stay free for your baby.
Leave the pushchair at the gate and carry your baby and bags on board.
Board with your baby and a nappy bag.
The pushchair comes back on the baggage belt, so you carry your baby through passport control and baggage claim, then wait for the car seat and cot.
We meet you in the arrivals hall with the stroller unfolded and ready.
Fit your own car seat into an unfamiliar car, in the summer heat, with a tired baby.
We fit the car seat in your rental car before you drive off.
Gear that travelled in the hold can arrive scratched or broken, far from home.
Cleaned, steam-sanitised and safety-checked gear, the right size for your child.
Do it all again: fold, bag, check in, security, aircraft door, baggage belt.
We collect everything before you fly. You leave with only your suitcases.
Yes. Eurowings lets you check in 2 child items when you travel with an infant: pushchair or buggy, car seat, travel cot, baby carrier, foldable children's wagon. You still carry them through both airports, check them in at the check-in counter and collect them from the baggage belt in Heraklion.
Counts as one of your two child items and must be handed in at the check-in counter, not at a kiosk or bulky-baggage desk. At most airports you can keep it until the gate; Eurowings does not say where it is returned, so expect to collect it from the baggage belt in Heraklion unless the crew tell you otherwise.
Counts as one of your two child items when checked in. To use it on board your child needs their own booked seat, the seat must be an approved aircraft model, and you must check in at the counter so staff can verify it; Eurowings does not supply car seats.
Fly light. Holiday Stork has your stroller, car seat, travel cot and high chair cleaned, checked and waiting in the arrivals hall at Heraklion Airport, fits the car seat in your rental car and collects everything before you fly home. No bag drop queues, no folding at security and no waiting at the baggage belt with a baby in your arms.
Holiday Stork meets you in the arrivals hall at Heraklion Airport or delivers to your hotel or villa anywhere in Crete.
Rules last checked 13 October 2026. Always confirm on your booking before you fly. Sources: Eurowings: Travelling with children, Eurowings: FAQs Family & children, Eurowings: Reisen mit Kindern, Eurowings newsroom: Taking off family-friendly, Eurowings newsroom: children's wagons can now be carried free of charge, Eurowings: Flights from Germany to Heraklion. Holiday Stork is not affiliated with Eurowings.
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