Aircraft, fly in the cabin with your dog, now you can with Delta Airlines

Temperature controlled, kennels for rest and bowls with water and food here is how the Delta Cargo service revolutionizes the transport rules of animals on airplanes

Although veterinarians make this impossible, we are sometimes obliged to bring our four-legged friend in flight with us. What to us may seem a trivial air travel, however, may become for him a real traumatic experience. Why the US company Delta Air Lines, which over the past decade has counted well 76 deaths of animals on its flights, has decided to completely revolutionize the transportation of dogs rule, cats & co.

Smaller specimens, as already happens on the aircraft of other companies, can be taken on board by the owner with the formula “Carry on pet”, provided that the carrier is the correct size. The news, however, is the formula “Delta Cargo”, designed especially for large animals, which in this way are no longer shipped in the hold as simple luggage. A skilled attendant airline deals with follow personally from check-in to boarding, which may occur on the same flight as the master or a twin flight with the same or similar landing zone.

The board temperature is controlled to avoid excess heat or cold in the different seasons, the staff is trained to intervene in case of sudden illnesses and for night journeys are available pet beds, bowls with food and space to stretch their legs.

Sure, the service – which is currently active only for domestic flights in the United States – must be booked at least two weeks in advance and has a cost, based on the weight of the animal: the journey from New York to Seattle, for example, can cost $ 250 for a pitbull and almost 900 for a Bernese mountain dog.