Disability Travel - Flying with a service dog to/from France?

I will be flying to France with my emotional support dog in the cabin with me for the first time. I am aware of all the paperwork necessary for flying to Europe with my dog and the letter from my therapist that I will need to show the airline. I realize that the Air Carrier Access Act requires airlines operating in the US to honor this law. My question concerns my return flight. Will Air France honor this law on the return flight or will we be denied access? Thank you for any help you can offer.

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I will be flying to France with my emotional support dog in the cabin with me for the first time. I am aware of all the paperwork necessary for flying to Europe with my dog and the letter from my therapist that I will need to show the airline. I realize that the Air Carrier Access Act requires airlines operating in the US to honor this law. My question concerns my return flight. Will Air France honor this law on the return flight or will we be denied access? Thank you for any help you can offer.

Air France may honour yoy needs, if it's required to do so by EU regulations. Evenif i's not, it still may choose to accommodate your needs.
Call AF and find out.

I will be flying to France with my emotional support dog in the cabin with me for the first time. I am aware of all the paperwork necessary for flying to Europe with my dog and the letter from my therapist that I will need to show the airline. I realize that the Air Carrier Access Act requires airlines operating in the US to honor this law. My question concerns my return flight. Will Air France honor this law on the return flight or will we be denied access? Thank you for any help you can offer.

The ACAA should apply in both directions. If you're not sure, or just not satisfied after calling Air France, then fly a US airline to and from France.

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I will be flying to France with my emotional support dog in the cabin with me for the first time. I am aware of all the paperwork necessary for flying to Europe with my dog and the letter from my therapist that I will need to show the airline. I realize that the Air Carrier Access Act requires airlines operating in the US to honor this law. My question concerns my return flight. Will Air France honor this law on the return flight or will we be denied access? Thank you for any help you can offer.

The ACAA should apply in both directions. If you're not sure, or just not satisfied after calling Air France, then fly a US airline to and from France.

ACCA provisions don't apply to foreign carriers.

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ACCA provisions don't apply to foreign carriers.

It does now.

The quote below is from the summary at the gov link. (I'm out of time to find the actual text. Maybe later I will find it.
http://airconsumer.ost.dot.gov/rules/Part%20382-2008.pdf

SUMMARY: The Department of Transportation is amending its Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA) rules to apply to foreign carriers.

The original 1986 ACAA covered only U.S. air carriers. However, on April 5, 2000, the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century (AIR-21) amended the ACAA specifically to include foreign carriers. The ACAA now reads in relevant part:

In providing air transportation, an air carrier, including (subject to [49 U.S.C.] section 40105(b)) any foreign air carrier, may not discriminate against an otherwise qualified individual on the following grounds:
(1) The individual has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.
(2) The individual has a record of such an impairment.
(3) The individual is regarded as having such an impairment.

Thank you all! Deaflyer, I checked your link and found this:
"The Foreign Carriers NPRM proposed to cover the activities of foreign carriers with respect to a “flight,” defined as a continuous journey, in the same aircraft or using the same flight number that begins or
ends at a U.S. airport." So I guess that is the answer.

Thank you all! Deaflyer, I checked your link and found this:
"The Foreign Carriers NPRM proposed to cover the activities of foreign carriers with respect to a “flight,” defined as a continuous journey, in the same aircraft or using the same flight number that begins or
ends at a U.S. airport." So I guess that is the answer.

Correct. It applies only on flights to or from the US, and only on the US leg if it continues to another airport. (example: IAD-AMS--CPH - The ACAA only applies to the IAD-AMS flight and not to the AMS-CPH flight). It's all explained in the link. You should be fine on Air France. I have flown on Lufthansa and SAS without problems.