After being banned from passenger areas and consigned to cargo flights, jetsetting animals are in for a treat when flying Air Canada: they can now board the plane as checked luggage.
The development, which takes effect on Monday, stemmed from an April 4 directive from the Canadian Transportation Agency ordering Air Canada to clear pets for [...]
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Jet-setting pets might soon have to travel behind bars through Los Angeles International Airport.
The city council’s Public Safety Committee passed an ordinance Monday that would require pet owners to keep their animals caged at the airport so they don’t distract police dogs while they sniff for drugs and explosives.
Police dogs are trained to ignore other [...]
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Frustrated and exhausted travellers at Heathrow have been complaining recently of being treated like animals, caged in the terminal with little to drink and taunted by snarling ground staff.
Little wonder then that Frankfurt airport, the main European competitor to Heathrow, has decided to make a point by treating its animals in transit [...]
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Air Canada has been ordered to clear pets for takeoff on its domestic passenger flights after a ruling by the Canadian Transportation Agency.
The agency has ruled Air Canada (TSX:AC.A) must resume carrying small animals in the baggage compartment on flights within Canada as of May 5, and also on international flights.
Jadrino Huot, a spokesman for [...]
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