Alaska Airlines is the first US carrier to ban emotional support animals on its flights following a Department of Transportation ruling that airlines will only be required to transport service dogs. Beginning January 11, the airline will allow only service dogs that are specially trained and will refuse transport to emotional support animals.
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Delta Air Lines also stopped pit bull-type dogs from travelling as emotional support animals (file photo). The DOT rule change came early this month following the agency s decision to revise its Air Carrier Access legislation because passengers have for years been requesting airlines accept their service pigs, rabbits and peacocks. Until now, the department had not defined what constituted a service animal, and all emotional support animals were federally required to be permitted on planes.
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Print article Alaska Airlines is the first U.S. carrier to ban emotional support animals on its flights following a Department of Transportation ruling that airlines will only be required to transport service dogs. Beginning Jan. 11, the airline will allow only service dogs that are “specially trained” and will refuse transport to emotional support animals. The DOT rule change came early this month following the agency’s decision to revise its Air Carrier Access legislation because passengers have for years been requesting airlines accept their “service” pigs, rabbits and peacocks. Until now, the department had not defined what constituted a service animal, and all emotional support animals were federally required to be permitted on planes.
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