Airlines Ban Emotional Support Animals

Delta Air Lines and JetBlue are the latest major carriers to cut the leash and ban emotional support animals ESAs on flights.

Airlines ban emotional support animals. On January 11 2021 which is when the Department of Transportations new rule governing emotional support animals takes effect JetBlue United and Delta wont recognize emotional support animals. Airline to do so after the Department. Alaska Airlines is the first to ban emotional support animals.

The age of free-flying emotional support animals is ending as most major airlines enabled by new Department of Transportation rules crack down on. 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. 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.

Department of Transportation DOT no longer requires airlines to accommodate emotional support animals. Customers traveling with emotional support animals should arrange for their flights to arrive after 9 am. Department of Transportation will define a service animal.

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I will not be putting the animal who has saved my life in cargo Erin Donnelly January 11 2021 230 PM 8 min read. Alaska Airlines announced that from 11 January onwards the company will no longer accept emotional support animals on its flights. Delta Air Lines has now become the latest airline.

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. After more than a year of lobbying by US airlines Emotional Support Animals ESA may be departing the passenger cabin. Alaska Airlines will soon ban emotional support animals from flights becoming the first major US.