Traveling with your pet

 

Taking your favorite pet with you? Here is all the information you need to ensure that they travel under the best possible conditions.

Your pet is a member of a domestic species


Carrying a household pet (dog, cat, hamster…) is allowed on both domestic and international flights.

  • Travel conditions
    •     Your pet travels with you in the cabin :
      •         - when it weighs less than 5 kg, and
      •         - is carried in a carry case sized so that the sum of its three dimensions does not exceed 115 cm (L+W+H).
    •      
    •     Your pet travels in the luggage hold :
              - when its weight exceeds 5 kg.
      The luggage hold is ventilated, heated and pressurized. At the airport, your airline can sell you a suitable container for carrying pets.

  • Prices
    •     - Household pets travel for the same price as excess baggage.
    •     - Guide dogs belonging to passengers with a sensorial or physical disability travel free, in the cabin, next to their master. Guide dogs must be muzzled.

  • Necessary formalities
    •     - When you make your reservation, inform the airline that you will be taking a pet along.
    •     - Ask for information on arrival formalities (vaccination, tattooed markings...). Quarantine may be imposed depending on circumstances and destination.
    •     - Take your animal's heath records with you.

  • Cases where pets may be refused permission to board

    Some pets may be refused permission to board for various reasons:

        - Only a limited number of pets allowed on each flight,
    •     - Regulations in the destination country,
    •     - The pet's health.

      Your pet belongs to a wild or protected species:
      For example, if your pet is a wild animal or reptile, its transport is severely regulated.
    • As your airline for information or contact the following French government agencies::
    • Ministry of Agriculture
      01 49 55 49 55
    • Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry
      01 40 04 04 04
    • Ministry of the Environment
      01 42 19 20 21

    BAGAGES DU MONDE

    Bagages du Monde transports your pets.

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