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(CNN) - A couple abandoned their baby at an airport check
−∈ desk
∈Tel Aviv, Israel after arriving without a ticket for the child. The pair, who have not been identified, were checking
∈ for a Ryanair flight from Ben Gurion International Airport to Brussels, Belgium on Tuesday with the infant. It emerged that the baby did not have a ticket, and the couple headed off to board the flight - leaving their child behind on the airline check
−∈ counter.
"The matter was referred to police", a spokeswoman for Ryanair told
CNN∈ an email. She said: "These passengers traveling from Tel Aviv to Brussels presented at check
−∈ without a booking for their infant. They then proceeded to security leaving the infant behind at check
−∈. The check
−∈ agent at Ben Gurion Airport contacted Airport Security, who retrieved these passengers, and this is now a matter for local police."
According to Ryanair's website, "infants can be included
∈a flight reservation during the online booking process." When making plans to travel with an infant, a pop-up message appears on the site stating that there is a €25 ($27) charge - or the local currency equivalent - for each one-way flight the baby takes while sitting on an adult's lap. A seat must be paid for by separate arrangement if the adults want the baby to travel
∈a car seat.
The Israeli Airport Authority confirmed the episode to CNN and said
∈a statement: "A couple and an infant with Belgian passports arrived for a flight at Terminal 1 without a ticket for the baby. The couple also arrived late for the flight, once the check
−∈ for the flight was closed. The couple
\left the infant seat with the baby and ran toward the security checks at Terminal
1∈ an attempt to reach the boarding gate for the flight."
A spokesman for Israel Police told
CNN∈a phone call that the matter appeared to have been resolved by the time police arrived on the scene. He said: "The baby was with the parents and there's no further investigation."Adapted from https://edition.cnn.com/travel
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