Airlines Ban Emotional Support Animals

Emotional support animals will no longer be considered service animals on flights.

Airlines ban emotional support animals. Unless it complies with the airlines pet policy. JetBlue United and Delta Airlines Will Ban Emotional Support Animals on Flights joining American Airlines and Alaska see AA Joins Alaska Airlines in Banning Emotional Support Animals. Dog owners speak out as airlines ban emotional support animals.

The sudden banning of emotional support animals to fly for free may result in some passengers feeling unfairly disadvantaged said Shelley Tasker head of operations at Alternative Airlines a flight search and booking site that works with travel advisors and consumers alike to identify pet-friendly flying options. Department of Transportation DOT no longer requires airlines to accommodate emotional support animals. Hawaiian time opens in a new window because it may take up to 1 hour for the airlines to transport an animal to the Airport Animal Quarantine Holding Facility.

Gone are the days where you could fly freely with your emotional support animal as most major airlines have recently implemented new federal rules and restrictions that no longer allow them to fly with you. Several major airlines have already announced a ban on emotional support animals including Frontier United Alaska Delta American and Spirit airlines. A service dog inside a United Airlines plane at Newark Liberty International Airport in 2017.

Airlines Ban Emotional Support AnimalsFor Now. Alaska Airlines recently became the first major US airline to announce a ban on emotional support animals and then American Airlines Southwest Airlines and United Airlines followed days later. Julio Cortez AP.

As of January 11th 2021 the US. In the years prior to this rule change all airlines were required by law to accommodate owners of ESAs with proper documentation from a licensed mental health. American Airlines is the latest airline to prohibit emotional support animals on its flights in order to align with regulations recently issued by.

With tougher restrictions announced by the US Department of Transportation DOT recently Alaska Airlines has become the first company to step forward and ban all emotional support animals. That means you will no longer be able to bring your dog in the airline cabin with you. Alaska Airlines announced that from 11 January onwards the company will no longer accept emotional support animals on its flights.