bring dog on plane

deadwood85

I can't seem to find anyway to bring our dog away with us by plane ?

The boat option takes too long,doesn't make sense that in france and italy they can bring pets on board with them but Ireland can't ??

Nody

In general a dog would fly in the storage compartment but it depends on dog size and airline; were are you looking to fly to?

deadwood85

to italy,,but are lingus and ryanair don't allow pets,,,

belongtojazz

Aerlingus do allow dogs to fly

http://www.aerlingus.com/travelinformation/baggageinformation/specialitems/

not sure I would be happy letting my dogs go in the cargo hold

deadwood85

no they are not allowed to fly to italy even as cargo

henryporter

Why not try Air Italia - they seem to allow pets within the cabin (which would be my preference) http://www.alitalia.com/DE_DE/your_travel/organize_your_travel/pets.aspx

Main thing to remember is the pet passport, which takes a while to get (as you can't travel immediately on receipt of a passport)

belongtojazz

deadwood85 wrote: »

no they are not allowed to fly to italy even as cargo

Have you spoken to Aerlingus? It looks like they have cargo flights into Milan,
Is it an aerlingus or Italian issue?

Mr. Nice

Before we came back from France, Aer Lingus told me that they don't have the technical ability to carry dogs on inter-European flights. The area of the cargo hold for animals needs to be temperature controlled.
They can carry dogs on transatlantic flights and on regional flights where they don't go as high as jets.
So we took the ferry, Stena were great and allowed access to kennels at any time.

They way around it is to have yourself diagnosed with a condition like epilepsy (talk to a friendly GP and get a letter). You can then have your dog travel in the cabin as a medical companion/seizure alert dog.

DBB

Mr. Nice wrote: »

They way around it is to have yourself diagnosed with a condition like epilepsy (talk to a friendly GP and get a letter). You can then have your dog travel in the cabin as a medical companion/seizure alert dog.

You could run yourself into trouble doing that op, unless the dog is certified as a seizure alert dog by a prescribed training organisation.

MarkR

Mr. Nice wrote: »

Before we came back from France, Aer Lingus told me that they don't have the technical ability to carry dogs on inter-European flights. The area of the cargo hold for animals needs to be temperature controlled.
They can carry dogs on transatlantic flights and on regional flights where they don't go as high as jets.
So we took the ferry, Stena were great and allowed access to kennels at any time.

They way around it is to have yourself diagnosed with a condition like epilepsy (talk to a friendly GP and get a letter). You can then have your dog travel in the cabin as a medical companion/seizure alert dog.

That's not nice Mr Nice. Some people actually need these dogs, and doing what your propose makes people question the need for it. Assistance dogs are for saving lives, or improving peoples quality of life. Not for taking a pet on holiday.

New Home

There are huge restrictions in bringing pets to mainland Europe - including Europe - due to rabies, and even more in bringing them back to Ireland. A few years ago I had to bring my cat to Italy, and Lufthansa -via Frankfurt- was one of the few airlines authorised by the Irish Dept of Agriculture to do so. The info might be a bit out of date, but feel free to pm me, if I can help let me know.

muddypaws

New Home wrote: »

There are huge restrictions in bringing pets to mainland Europe - including Europe - due to rabies, and even more in bringing them back to Ireland. A few years ago I had to bring my cat to Italy, and Lufthansa -via Frankfurt- was one of the few airlines authorised by the Irish Dept of Agriculture to do so. The info might be a bit out of date, but feel free to pm me, if I can help let me know.

The huge restrictions have been lifted for a few years now. To go to mainland Europe from Ireland you need a pet passport, and a rabies vacc, and you can't travel for 3 weeks after that vaccination. You also need the dog to be wormed within 24 hours before travel, going into and leaving the continent I believe, but its really easy now to travel with pets around the EU.

New Home

My cat had the passport too, but the problem would have been bringing him back... you still have to use approved carriers, and unless the cage can fit easily under the seat and the pet can stand up in it, it'll have to go in the hold. I only brought my cat because I really had no choice, if I had I wouldn't have put him through all that...

http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/pets/
http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/pets/registeredtransportersforcarryingpetsintoirelandfromtheeu/

http://www.lufthansa.com/online/portal/lh/it/info_and_services/baggage?nodeid=1769643&l=en

muddypaws

New Home wrote: »

My cat had the passport too, but the problem would have been bringing him back... you still have to use approved carriers, and unless the cage can fit easily under the seat and the pet can stand up in it, it'll have to go in the hold. I only brought my cat because I really had no choice, if I had I wouldn't have put him through all that...

http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/pets/
http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/pets/registeredtransportersforcarryingpetsintoirelandfromtheeu/

http://www.lufthansa.com/online/portal/lh/it/info_and_services/baggage?nodeid=1769643&l=en

yes, airline requirements are difficult, but you said due to rabies etc, those restrictions, such as blood tests etc, were lifted years ago, its all much simpler now.