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/PRNewswire/ -- We are pleased to announce that Linda Ristagno, Assistant Director of External Affairs, International Air Transport Association (IATA), is the...
The US Department of Transportation now defines a service animal as a dog that has been "individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of a qualified individual with a disability, including a physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual, or other mental disability”. The new rules limit the number of service animals a person may travel with to two and require individuals to file paperwork detailing their animal's behaviour, training and health status before they fly. American Airlines, which outlined its new policy Tuesday, said it will stop accepting emotional support ...
and last updated 2021-01-01 16:56:42-05 Beginning Jan. 11, Alaska Airlines will be the first major airline company in the United States to ban emotional support animals. The move comes after the Department of Transportation revised their Air Carrier Access Act on Dec. 2, which no longer classifies support animals as service animals. "This regulatory change is welcome news, as it will help us reduce disturbances on board while continuing to accommodate our guests traveling with qualified service animals," said Ray Prentice, director of customer advocacy at Alaska Airline in a press release. Un...
Alaska Airlines will soon ban emotional support animals from flights, becoming the first major U.S. airline to do so after the Department of Transportation revised its regulations earlier this month about what constitutes a service animal. Beginning Jan. 11, Alaska will only allow service dogs, which it defined in a news release as dogs that are " specially trained to perform tasks for the benefit of a qualified individual with a disability," including psychiatric service dogs, the airline said Tuesday in a news release. Passengers with emotional support animals with reservations booked pr...
Following recent changes to U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) rules, Alaska Airlines will no longer accept emotional support animals on its | eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News Online | Airline News