World’s first pet-only airline launches
The world’s first pet-only airline, Pet Airways, made its inaugural flight this week.
Initially serving five US cities – New York, Washington D.C., Chicago, Denver and Los Angeles – the airline plans to expand across the US.
President and CEO Dan Wiesel said: “Currently, most pets travelling by air are transported in the cargo hold and are handled as baggage.
“The experience is frightening to the pets, and can cause severe emotional and physical harm, even death.
“This is not what most pet owners want to subject their pets to, but they have had no other choice, until now.”
Using Beech 1900 aircraft, which can seat 19 passengers, pets fly in the main cabin, not in the cargo hold.
A trained pet attendant is always monitoring pets, which are never left unattended in a warehouse or on a ramp.
By Bev Fearis
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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