There is no global rule on flying while pregnant. Each airline sets its own gestational limits and paperwork, and the cut-offs do not match. Most international carriers start asking for a medical certificate around week 28, but hard bans land…

There is no single airline standard for flying after childbirth. A mother cleared by one carrier can be refused by another on the same itinerary. Vietnam Airlines will not carry passengers who gave birth within 7 days. Qantas demands medical…

Two numbers govern nearly every airline pregnancy policy: 36 weeks for a single pregnancy and 32 weeks for multiples. But the pattern breaks with Delta, which has no cutoff and no medical certificate requirement for normal pregnancies. This index covers…

Most international airlines allow uncomplicated singleton pregnancies through 34 to 36 weeks, but the number is not the whole rule. Wizz Air stops after week 34, AirAsia after week 35, and many long-haul carriers after week 36, with Emirates requiring…

AirAsia refuses boarding once a pregnancy reaches 35 weeks. That's one week earlier than Singapore Airlines and Qantas, which allow uncomplicated single pregnancies through 36 weeks. Up to 27 weeks, no certificate is required. Between 28 and 34 weeks, you…