Traveling with birds
Dec 4, 2017, 2:18 pm
#2
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UA?
There's two parts to this - the airline and the destination. The one with the more stringent rules would apply.
https://www.united.com/web/en-US/con.../in_cabin.aspx
https://www.united.com/web/en-US/con.../in_cabin.aspx
Dec 15, 2017, 12:18 pm
#6
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The birds are perfectly safe and are spoiled rotten. I'm thinking of moving to Europe for a few years and need to explore safe ways to transport them. I'm not putting them in Cargo if I can avoid it.
Feb 21, 2018, 5:53 am
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Turkish Airlines is the only major airline I know accepting birds in the cabin throughout all of their intercontinental network (excluding where not allowed by regulations like into the UK). Their European network is quite good, and they work with star alliance partner United for US connections who allow birds in the cabin domestically. (United may accept birds intercontinentally as well, contact them). Only disadvantage is longer flight times due to their inconveniently located Istanbul hub (you'll spend three hours flying back west to Central Europe).
If you happen to have falcons, all the middle eastern carriers will accommodate them in the cabin
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Should you have a flock of more than five birds which you want to bring into the EU, be aware that they will be treated as commercial shipment even when they are pets by EU regulations. Read up on importing them into the EU here. , the framework is pretty much identical for all EU countries.
If you happen to have falcons, all the middle eastern carriers will accommodate them in the cabin
.Should you have a flock of more than five birds which you want to bring into the EU, be aware that they will be treated as commercial shipment even when they are pets by EU regulations. Read up on importing them into the EU here. , the framework is pretty much identical for all EU countries.