New Delhi: Upgrading the ambassador of a key European nation to India may have earned an Air India commander a show cause notice. But the airline management allowed the pet dog of a passenger to fly in business class with his owner from Bengaluru to Delhi on July 29.
The puppy flew aboard AI 501. While AI did not comment on this particular issue despite repeated attempts, an airline official said: “We allow pets on board (in passenger cabin). If the owner is in business then where will the pet travel? The final authority is of the captain (on allowing pet in cabin) and the rule is that the presence of the pet should not trouble other guests.”
While there is no standard rule on pets in planes, most leading airlines do not allow them in passenger cabins. Jet Airways till recently allowed pets in aircraft belly (not cabin) but stopped that practice after the death of two puppies. Now only service/guide dogs may be allowed. India’s other full service airline, Vistara, also says “it does not allow pets”.
14/08/18 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
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The puppy flew aboard AI 501. While AI did not comment on this particular issue despite repeated attempts, an airline official said: “We allow pets on board (in passenger cabin). If the owner is in business then where will the pet travel? The final authority is of the captain (on allowing pet in cabin) and the rule is that the presence of the pet should not trouble other guests.”
While there is no standard rule on pets in planes, most leading airlines do not allow them in passenger cabins. Jet Airways till recently allowed pets in aircraft belly (not cabin) but stopped that practice after the death of two puppies. Now only service/guide dogs may be allowed. India’s other full service airline, Vistara, also says “it does not allow pets”.
14/08/18 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
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