China Southern Airlines pet consignment regulations

China Southern Airlines can transport pets by air. China Southern Airlines has the following requirements for collecting and transporting pets:

1. Passengers consigning small animals must apply at the time of booking, at least 72 hours before the departure time of the flight, and can only consign them after receiving a reply from China Southern Airlines;

2. The total amount of personal small aircraft carrying live small animals shall not exceed three pieces, which shall be determined according to the relevant model restrictions given by the Maintenance Engineering Department of China Southern Airlines;

3. Each passenger can only check one small animal or a pair of birds and animals (which must comply with the regulations of the relevant carrier and the country of entry and exit); Every small animal should be put in a cage alone; A pair of birds can be put in the same cage;

4. The maximum package of live animals consigned by passengers shall not exceed 40×60× 100cm, the minimum shall not be less than 5x 15x20 cm, and the maximum weight shall not exceed 32 kg, so they shall be caged separately;

5. If the cargo hold conditions of the flight model are not suitable for transporting live animals, the passenger's application for transporting small animals cannot be accepted. The ground crew should confirm whether the aircraft type is suitable for transporting small animals before collecting and transporting;

6. China Southern Airlines will not accept joint transportation of live small animals for the time being;

7. Small animals carried by passengers must be healthy, harmless, clean and tasteless, and pregnant small animals cannot be carried;

8. Passengers should transport live animals to the airport for consignment 90 minutes before the flight departure time;

9. If the small animals checked by the passenger are dogs or cats, the passenger must sign the small animal transportation exemption.

China Southern Airlines' requirements for consigning animal pet boxes;

Small animals must be packed in solid metal, hard plastic or wooden containers suitable for their characteristics, and meet the following requirements:

1. should be a special aviation pet consignment box, which must be made of solid material, with a fixed top and ventilation on at least three sides. The door of the pet box must have a locking device and be made of solid metal. After the door is closed, pets should be effectively prevented from opening the door to escape.

2. All accessories of the pet box (including nuts, bolts, rivets and locks, etc.). ) Be firm and have a good performance.

3. The bottom of the pet box is stable and can be fixed on a plane without sliding. If you choose a pet box with wheels, you need to fix or remove the wheels in advance to ensure that the pet box will not slide during transportation.

4. It is convenient for small animals to feed and drink water, and ensures that small animals can freely stand or sit, turn around and lie down in a normal posture in the box.

5. The inside of the pet box needs to be covered with absorbent pads (such as towels and blankets) to prevent pet excrement from overflowing and polluting other luggage.

Pet transportation conditions

(1) The live animals carried by passengers must be checked. Except for auxiliary dogs, guide dogs and hearing dogs carried by disabled passengers themselves.

(2) Sichuan Airlines shall not accept long-distance flight transportation without stopovers, or a certain type of transportation that is not suitable for transporting live animals.

(3) At present, Sichuan Airlines does not accept the combined transport of live animals carried by passengers. Passengers who need to check their pets on the connecting flight can only check their pets on the one-way direct flight segment, pick up their pets after arriving on the connecting flight and go through the transfer check-in procedures. Direct flights on the same plane can take pets to their destinations.

(4) Each passenger can only transport 2 pets at most (the specific number is subject to the requirements of the country of entry, in which each person is limited to 1 dog or cat), and each flight is limited to 10 pet. Pets exceeding the limit should be transported as goods.

(5) Pets shall be packaged separately, and the total weight of each individually packaged pet and pet box (including food and water in the pet box) shall not exceed 32kg (inclusive). The maximum shall not exceed 40×60× 100 cm, and the minimum shall not be less than 5× 15×20 cm. If it exceeds (or falls below) the size and weight standards, it shall be transported according to the goods.

(6) On the day of flight, passengers should transport live animals to the airport for consignment no later than 120 minutes before the departure time.

(seven) if there is a terminal with special requirements for small animal packaging, which is higher than the standard of Sichuan Airlines, it shall be implemented according to the relevant terminal standards.

Pets unfit for air travel:

(1) Pets born less than 6 months.

(2) A pet that is pregnant or has just given birth within 48 hours before the plane takes off.

(3) Pets who are anxious, delicate, weak, sensitive to high temperature and high altitude environment or unable to stay in the pet box for a long time.

(4) Pets suffering from heart disease and respiratory diseases and having undergone surgery within 48 hours.

(5) Pets with foul or unbearable pungent smell.

(6) Short-nosed dogs and short-nosed cats (short-nosed dogs and short-nosed cats are easy to suffocate and die in the high-altitude environment in the cargo hold due to their own respiratory defects).

(seven) the types of pets that are not suitable for checked baggage:

1. Short-nosed dogs: all terriers, all boxers, all bulldogs, all dogs, all mastiffs, all pugs/pugs, all mastiffs, American Staffordshire terriers, American barking dogs, Boston Beagle, Brussels Griffin, Spanish hounds, English Quka, English toy hounds and charles king Beagle. Tibetan Mastiff, Song Shiquan, Japanese Dog, Akita Dog, Garfield Dog, Jizhou Dog, Shiba Dog, Shikoku Dog, Tosa Dog, Hokkaido Dog, Beijinger/Beijinger Dog, Sharpay Dog, Shih Tzu Dog, Monkey Face Dog, Spanish Canary Dog, Bully Dog, Yankee Dog, etc.

2. Short-nosed cats: Burmese cats, Himalayan cats, Persian cats, Garfield cats, British short-haired cats, Scottish folding cats, etc.

3. Fighting dogs: Bitter dog, Tuso dog, Brazilian Ferrer dog and its hybrid breed, Argentine Du.

4. Dog breed not suitable for high temperature and high altitude environment: Samoyed dog.

5. Other fierce dogs that are forbidden to be kept: German Shepherd Dog, Chuandong Dog, Russian Shepherd Dog, Newfoundland Dog, Italian Castro Dog, Central Asian Shepherd Dog, Great Dane Dog, Brazilian Non-Labrador Dog, Irish Fierce Dog, Russian Caucasian Dog, Kunming Wolfdog and other fierce dogs that are listed in the list of prohibited dogs.

Some airlines have restrictions on the number of checked pets, and some do not check injured pets.

1. Spring Airlines:

Spring Airlines is not responsible for the injury or loss, illness or death of small animals unless it is at fault. If small animals do not have all the necessary valid exit, entry, health and other documents required by the country or region where they enter or stop, Spring Airlines will not be responsible. People carrying small animals must compensate Spring Airlines for any fines, expenses, losses or responsibilities caused by the lack or incompleteness of required documents.

Passengers should take full responsibility for all damage or injury that pets may cause to other passengers or crew members. Spring Airlines has the right not to accept the transportation of small animals, guide dogs or hearing dogs on long-distance flights or certain types of aircraft without stopovers.

2. Hainan Airlines:

Notify HNA ticket office or telephone hotline that there are small animals to be transported 48 hours before the flight takes off. Each passenger can only carry one small animal. When small animals are transported as checked baggage, the total weight of pets and cages shall not exceed 20 kg.

If the following circumstances occur, it will be impossible to transport, and it is recommended to choose other ways: animals with symptoms of infectious diseases or suspected carriers of infectious diseases; Dogs and cats less than six weeks old, pregnant animals or animals that have just given birth within 48 hours before the plane takes off; Does not conform to the provisions of the origin, stop, destination city or the state on animal transportation; In intermodal transport, the small animals carried by passengers have not obtained the consent of the intermodal carrier.

3. China Southern Airlines:

Each passenger can only check one small animal or a pair of birds and beasts; Small animals should be kept in cages alone; A pair of birds can be put in a cage; Small animals carried by passengers are charged twice as much as ordinary over-limit baggage fees; Passengers should transport small animals to the airport to check in 90 minutes before the departure time on the flight day.

Know the airline regulations in advance.

4. Air China:

It is necessary to ensure that small animals are packed correctly and carry valid health and vaccination certificates, entry permits and other supporting documents required by entry or transit countries, otherwise they will not be carried. Air China has the right to decide the mode of pet transportation and limit the number of pets transported by one plane.

5. Taiwan Province China Airlines:

Due to the temperature adjustment of cargo hold, China Airlines B738 and ERJ models do not accept pet consignment. For animals allowed to be checked, China Airlines will require passengers to sign the luggage tag and sign the exemption agreement.

Legal basis:

Civil Aviation Administration of China's domestic cargo transportation rules

Article 14

(1) When consigning animals, the shipper shall obtain the consent of the civil aviation and attach a quarantine certificate if necessary.

(2) Animal containers shall be suitable for the characteristics of animals and the requirements of air transportation. The container should be able to prevent animals from being destroyed, escaping and contacting with the outside world, and the bottom of the container should have facilities to prevent feces from overflowing.

(3) The container shall be marked with precautions for the care and handling of the animal.

(4) The consignor and consignee shall deliver and pick up the animals at the airport. Animals shall be kept by the shipper and the consignee after arrival and before transportation.