Medical clearance

Passengers must obtain a medical clearance from their treating doctor if one or more of the described conditions below apply to them.  Passengers must provide clearance to Airnorth a minimum of 72 hours prior to departure.

The following conditions may be used as a guide only. Contact your medical practitioner or Airnorth reservations who can provide you with further guidance. 

Medical condition	Notes
Inability to eat, administer own medication or go to toilet	depending on the length of flight, may need to travel with an assistant, who will sit in an adjacent seat.
Asthma	recent deterioration within 48 hours of travel
Pneumothorax	within 14 days of resolution
Head injury	within 2 weeks of travel or where there is air in the cranium
Heart attack	within 21 days of travel
Chest surgery	within 10 days of travel
Decompression sickness	requires clearance from a specialist in hyperbaric medicine
Ear and/or sinus pathology	within 48 hours of travel
Stroke	within 10 days of travel
Phobia	if doubt about ability to cope with air travel
Abdominal surgery	within 10 days of travel
Anaemia	Hb < 7.5 d L/L
Penetrating eye injury	while there is air in the eye or a vitreous leak
Plaster casts	plaster cast must be split if the injury is less than 48 hours old
Fractured jaw which has been wired	must carry wire cutters onboard and with an assistant capable of cutting the wires if necessary – suitable documentation must be carried
Requirement for stretcher/humidicrib	must travel with medical assistant, who will sit in adjacent seat
Psychiatric disorder that may deteriorate during flight	must travel with medical assistant, who will sit in adjacent seat
Inability to sit upright	passengers are required to sit upright for take-off and landing
Assisted breathing during travel/supplemental oxygen	you must provide supplemental oxygen, size C packs, for use in the aircraft cabin

Contact Airnorth reservations if you believe you may have a condition that would require travel clearance. 

Conditions that usually prevent travel

A customer with one or more of the conditions listed is likely to be denied carriage if travel is to be undertaken within the time specified.  

These conditions may be used as a guide only. Contact your medical practitioner or Airnorth reservations who can provide you with further guidance.

Medical condition	Time period
Heart attack	within 7 days of intended travel
Stroke	within 3 days of intended travel
Psychiatric disorder	acute or uncontrolled
Contagious or infectious disease	if this poses a direct risk of infection to passengers or crew
Angioplasty	within 3 days of travel
Angioplasty with stents	within 2 days of travel
Pregnancy	domestic flight – multiple pregnancy after 36th week flights greater than 4 hours - single pregnancy after 36th week international flight - routine pregnancy after 36th week
	international flight - multiple pregnancy after 32nd week
Infants	within 7 days of birth

Pregnant passengers permitted to travel must be able to comply with seat belt regulations. 

Infants less than 48 hours old will not be accepted for carriage. Infants less than 7 days of age

will not be carried unless extenuating circumstances exist. If extenuating circumstances exist, the infant must be assessed by a medical practitioner as fit to fly and a written clearance to fly signed provided by a medical practitioner. 

Airnorth reserves the right to deny carriage if it is not satisfied that a customer is fit to travel.

*Accompanying Passenger means a paying passenger who, in our reasonable opinion, can travel independently and is able to and will, provide the appropriate assistance, supervision, or both, as is required for the particular customer they are accompanying. As a guide, Airnorth generally will not consider a passenger to be an appropriate Accompanying Passenger for a child unless the passenger is at least 15 years old.