Qatar Airways Reduces Prices, Doubles Weight Allowance for Pet Transport

Doha, November 09 (QNA) - Qatar Airways has responded to demand from passengers seeking to transport their pets around the world by reducing the price to the lowest rates ever into and out of Doha, making it the only airline that will carry pets as excess baggage to and from Qatar. The airline has also more than doubled the weight allowance for domestic pets to travel on the same flight as their owners as checked-in baggage by increasing the weight limit for pets and their containers from 32kgs to 75kgs, the carrier said Thursday in a press release. The move is set to position Qatar Airways as the airline of choice for people seeking to transport their pets around the world. It follows an increase in demand from passengers wanting to travel on the same flight as their domestic pets, or from animal refuges relocating stray animals to new homes overseas. Pets and transport crates heavier than 75kgs will be transported by Qatar Airways Cargo. These pets travel in a specially equipped animal transport section of the airline's cargo aircraft. With its sophisticated animal accommodation facilities, Qatar Airways Cargo has qualified veterinary and husbandry personnel at its Doha hub. Husbandry staff travel on every animal transport flight. As a founding signatory to "United for Wildlife" Transport Taskforce, which aims at reducing the illegal transport of wildlife globally, Qatar Airways is proud to also be trusted with the care of pet-passengers by travelers the world over. (QNA)