Flying with a dog on an airplane – what you need to know

• Is a dog allowed in the cabin?
• When is a dog accepted?
• What are the options?
• How do you prepare a dog?
• Our solution (PSDeurope)

Our structured preparation helps you to prepare your dog for air travel and achieve the right status together with you.

Many dog owners face the challenge that dogs are normally only accepted on airplanes to a limited extent. Carrying dogs in the cabin in particular is subject to clear conditions, which can vary depending on the airline and itinerary.

In addition to formal requirements, the dog’s behavior plays a decisive role. A calm, controlled dog that is adapted to its surroundings increases the likelihood that it will even be possible to take it on the plane.

In addition, it is crucial that not only the dog is prepared accordingly, but that there is also an understandable need on the part of the person. In many cases, this involves situations in which the dog provides essential support in everyday life and plays an important role for the person concerned in overcoming certain challenges.

In an international context, this is often considered in connection with so-called assistance dogs for invisible impairments. These are cases in which there is no visible physical impairment, but there is nevertheless a comprehensible and verifiable situation in which the dog takes on a supportive function.

Targeted preparation for air travel therefore includes not only organizational aspects, but in particular the structured development of behaviour in public spaces, at the airport and during the flight itself – always in interaction between humans and dogs.