If you decide to go with your four-footed on vacation or to the exhibition and as a means of transportation chosen airplane, air carrier must inform us in advance. Typically, for local flights is enough availability of veterinary certificates. It shall include: name of owner, nickname of the animal, its sex and age, date of vaccination and the results of tests for intestinal worms. In addition, in the certificate must be specified the route.
Apart from veterinary certificate, the owner must have the license for export, which in some cases can replace the pedigree. Keep in mind the certificate issued to you for three days before the trip, the day of departure is exchanged for an international veterinary certificate.
Accuracy of documents on the day of departure checks customs veterinary control.
Usually, the plane is allowed to transport from one to four animals, so booking seats for four-legged care should be taken in advance. It does not matter, your pet is flying in the cabin or in the luggage compartment, for its transportation needs a special container which must conform to the International Air Transport Association.
Its size should be chosen so that the dog or cat could be freely rotated. In this case, carrying is charged as excess baggage.
For most large international companies, such as «Lufthansa» and «Delta» passenger service with a pet is a priority. Especially attentive to the four-legged in the company «KLM». In its airplane in transit flights through Amsterdam for animals arranged a special hotel. By the way, almost in all airlines to transport animals in the cabin of the airplane is prohibited. Exception – dogs weighing less than five pounds and guide dogs accompanying blind or deaf passengers. In this guide are transported free of charge. For dogs weighing more than forty kg require a separate passenger ticket and a separate passenger seat.
PLEASE NOTE: In many countries on the import of animals imposed strict limits requires additional vaccinations, certificates, and provides for the quarantine of one to six months. The main and compulsory vaccination for all states – vaccinated against rabies and we recommend to read interesting article about dog muzzles.
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