New Dog Jaunt guide: Chart of international airlines’ policies for in-cabin pets
I’m pleased to announce that Dog Jaunt’s “Guides” section now includes a chart setting out the highlights of the major international airlines’ policies for in-cabin pets. I’ve also added it to Dog Jaunt’s sister site, called Pet Carrier Reviews (which has been accumulating more crate and carrier reviews to look at!).
Things that caught my attention: Several of the airlines allow in-cabin pets to travel in slightly larger carriers than U.S. airlines generally do: Air Canada, Air France, Asiana, KLM and Korean Air all have generous allowances, and a carrier on THAI can be positively palatial. Some of the weight allowances are severe, however: Air France, Asiana, and Turkish Airlines in particular will have you searching for the lightest carrier made.
I was also enchanted to learn that neither Emirates nor Etihad will allow dogs to travel in-cabin, but they welcome in-cabin falcons.
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What a handy site! We’ve wanted to do air travel with our doxie Baxter but are fearful we’d be rejected…I’ll be sure to rummage around your wonderful blog to see if I can get any swell hints.
Thanks so much — a doxie should be an easy dog to take on board! Do root around, and if you have questions, please ask.
This is wonderful! I’m so impressed you even have LAN on there (it’s unfortunate they don’t allow pets). My husband is Chilean and I’ve worried about what we’d do with our dog if we were going to do a long-term visit to his country and this table about international flights is a great future resource. A lot of the limits are quite reasonable, in my opinion. Except for silly LAN, which is a great airline otherwise. Something to keep in mind is that LAN sells a lot of flights operated through American, and they do allow pets, just in case any readers happen to be heading to south america!
I just discovered American Airlines no longer allows dogs in cabin on international flights.
Thanks so much for the heads-up, Jill! You’re quite right — they now only allow in-cabin pets to travel from the U.S. to Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean.