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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. 123RF 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...

Reply A Boeing 737-990 (ER) operated by Alaska Airlines takes off from JFK Airport on Aug. 24, 2019. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) SEATTLE — Alaska Airlines will limit animals allowed on flights to trained service dogs early next year, following relaxed federal guidance. The Seattle-based airline announced the change Tuesday, barring "emotional support animals" for reservations booked after Jan. 11, 2021, and on all flights after Feb. 28. Earlier in the year, the U.S. Department of Transportation dropped a requirement for airlines to provide the same accommodations for emotional support ani...

Alaska Airlines becomes first to BAN all emotional support animals Snejana Farberov For Dailymail.com © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo In two weeks' time, no pot-bellied pigs, miniature horses or peacocks will be welcome on board Alaska Airlines flights amid an industry-wide crackdown on emotional support animals. The Seattle-based air carrier on Tuesday announced changes to its service animal policy, stating that beginning on January 11, the airline will no longer allow any emotional support animals on its flights. 'Alaska will only transport service dogs, which ar...

In this Saturday, April 1, 2017, file photo, a service dog named Orlando rests on the foot of its trainer, John Reddan, while sitting inside a United Airlines plane at Newark Liberty International Airport during a training exercise, in Newark, N.J. (Photo: Julio Cortez, AP) To sign up for our daily newsletter covering the latest news, features and reviews, head HERE. For a running feed of all our stories, follow us on Twitter HERE. Or you can bookmark the Gizmodo Australia homepage to visit whenever you need a news fix. Alaska Airlines announced on Tuesday that it will no longer allow passeng...

Angel DiBilio/Shutterstock.com and Shutterstock.com Alaska Airlines will only allow trained service dogs to fly on its planes in 2021.  A new Department of Transportation rule takes effect on January 11, 2021, that defines a service animal as a trained dog and gives airlines the flexibility to limit which animals they allow onboard. Airlines have been looking to close the emotional support animal loophole for years after onboard incidents with the often untrained animals.  Alaska Airlines is adding emotional support animals to its no-fly list. Starting on Janua...