From 28 weeks TAP Air Portugal will not carry you without a medical statement, signed and stamped by your doctor, confirming an uncomplicated pregnancy, the length of gestation and that flying is not prevented. Limits: 36 weeks, or 32 with twins. Over video, usually within 15 minutes, a doctor on Mobi Doctor can prepare it where clinically appropriate.
Or plan by dates. Enter your due date and flight dates: the planner works out how pregnant you will be on each flight, whether that flight is allowed, whether a letter is needed for each leg, and the dates a letter must be signed between so it is still valid on the way home.
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Before 28 weeks TAP asks for nothing. From 28 weeks a medical statement is mandatory: your attending physician signs and stamps a note saying the pregnancy is uncomplicated, giving the weeks and confirming that flying is not prevented. You can fly to 36 weeks with one baby and to 32 weeks with twins or triplets. Complications mean a MEDIF instead.
Three things, per TAP's page: that the pregnancy has no complications, the length of gestation, and that being pregnant does not prevent you from travelling by plane. The attending physician signs and stamps it. TAP sets no maximum age; date it near the outbound flight and have it mention the return.
The RCOG's leaflet notes that some airlines have their own forms while others accept a letter; for an uncomplicated pregnancy TAP is in the second group. Add the due date and how many babies you are expecting so ground staff can check the limits.
For a risky or complicated pregnancy, one beyond the standard limits, twins past 32 weeks, a risk of miscarriage or predicted birth complications, TAP switches to its Medical Information for Fitness to Travel form. Your physician completes the MEDIF and sends it to the MEDIF email address on TAP's page; the form must be filled out at least 48 hours before the trip.
TAP's doctor then reviews it and the airline contacts you about whether you can travel. The MEDIF is a clearance process, not a formality; the specialist managing the complication should complete it.
Both. TAP gives the single-pregnancy limit as 36 weeks, or four weeks short of the expected due date, and the earlier of the two is the one to plan by. With a due date set at 40 weeks, four weeks earlier means 36 weeks + 0 days; treat that as your last flying day rather than the end of week 36.
For twins or triplets the limit is 32 weeks, again counted on the date of each flight, so the return is the leg to check. Our flying while pregnant guide walks through the counting.
| Letter or certificate required from | Week 28 (medical statement mandatory) |
| Last week you can fly, single | 36, or four weeks before the due date, whichever is earlier |
| Last week, twins or more | 32 |
| Letter must be issued within | Not published |
| Own form | MEDIF for a risky or complicated pregnancy or one beyond the limits; a general medical statement otherwise |
| Who can sign | The attending physician, who signs and stamps it |
| Source checked | TAP pregnant women page, 24 September 2026 |
TAP is one of 12 airlines in our data that require a letter from week 28; Iberia and Vueling do the same but stop at week 35.
Twins or triplets without complications fly with TAP to 32 weeks, and the statement is needed from 28 weeks; past 32 weeks the MEDIF route applies. TAP also says travel is not recommended in the 7 days after giving birth, for the newborn too, so a flight home soon after a birth abroad needs a doctor's view first.
Most airlines use the same 36/32 pattern, as the airline pregnancy rules comparison shows, though Ryanair wants its own form rather than a statement.
A doctor on Mobi Doctor consults daily 7am–11pm CET, and you are connected over video, usually within 15 minutes. The doctor checks your maternity notes, confirms the weeks and due date and, where clinically appropriate, writes a statement covering TAP's three points with name, registration number, signature and date; the signed statement is emailed to you after the consultation.
TAP's wording mentions a stamp; a digitally signed statement carries the doctor's registration number instead, so check with TAP if you want certainty. You pay €54 + €10 for the certificate; any other travel question is covered in the same appointment. The fit-to-fly certificate page explains what the letter contains.
Yes, from 28 weeks: TAP calls it a medical statement and makes it mandatory. It must say the pregnancy is uncomplicated, give the length of gestation and confirm flying is not prevented. Before 28 weeks nothing is required.
To 36 weeks (or four weeks ahead of your due date, if sooner) with one uncomplicated baby; to 32 weeks with twins or triplets. Anything beyond those limits, or any complication, goes through TAP's MEDIF clearance.
Only at the very start of week 36: counting back four weeks from a due date at 40 weeks gives 36 weeks + 0 days, and TAP's limit is whichever comes first. Later in week 36 you would need MEDIF clearance.
Not under the standard rule, which stops twins and triplets at 32 weeks. A multiple pregnancy past 32 weeks needs a MEDIF submitted at least 48 hours before the trip, and travel depends on TAP's doctor.
TAP does not publish a maximum age. Have it dated shortly before departure and mention the return date, so one statement covers both flights. For the MEDIF, the 48-hour submission deadline is the rule that counts.
The statement covers you only within the limits, counted on the date of each flight. A return after 36 weeks (32 with twins) needs MEDIF clearance at least 48 hours ahead and may be refused, so move the return earlier.
General information, not medical advice — always confirm with your airline before you travel.
