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Ryanair has revealed it is considering allowing pets to travel in the cabins alongside their owners on short haul flights to Europe.<\/p>\n

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The budget airline currently operates a no-pet policy \u2013 with the exception of guide dogs on specific routes \u2013 meaning owners have to put their pets in kennels or forsake their holiday altogether.<\/p>\n

The announcement comes as Ryanair aims to improve its “cheap and sometimes cheerful” image.<\/p>\n

Check out the latest pet passport rules<\/a> and how to travel safely<\/a> with your four-legged friend!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ryanair\u2019s chief commercial officer David O’Brien said, “We are open to lots of suggestions, it’s one we’re looking at.”<\/p>\n

“It could be quite difficult. What makes one person happy would make another unhappy. But we’d be interested to hear what people think.”<\/p>\n

Air Canada, Air France, Delta, and Virgin America all allow small pets to travel in the cabin area but only a few budget airlines offer the same.<\/p>\n

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Flybe, Monarch and Thomson allow pets to fly but only in the hold and there are weight restrictions, whereas Easyjet will not allow pets anywhere on the plane.<\/p>\n

Germanwings is currently the only budget airline that allows cats<\/a> and dogs<\/a> to fly in the cabins, however they do not offer a service in the UK.<\/p>\n

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In recent years, it has become easier than ever to travel with your pet<\/a>\u00a0thanks to the PETS Travel Scheme<\/a>. Dog, cats and ferrets can now enter or re-enter the UK without quarantine provided they have been micro-chipped, vaccinated for rabies, received tapeworm treatment and have a pet passport or relevant documentation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The budget airline is considering allowing our four-legged friends to travel in the cabins alongside us on flights to and from Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":30798,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,679],"tags":[4,18,790,282,280],"class_list":["post-26817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-travel-2","tag-dog","tag-health","tag-news","tag-passport","tag-travel"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\r\nRyanair to allow pets on short haul flights<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Budget airline Ryanair has revealed it is considering allowing pets to travel in the cabins on short haul flights to and from Europe.\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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