Air Transat and Flair Pet Policies for Dogs and Cats

Air Transat and Flair both carry cats and dogs, in different ways. Air Transat’s pets and assistance dogs page, read September 24, 2026, offers a place in the cabin or in the checked baggage hold, and sends a larger kennel to Air Transat Cargo. Flair’s pets page, read September 16, 2026, covers the cabin only, on flights within Canada.

The two policies differ on the weight limit, the fee and where a pet may fly, so this guide takes each airline in turn and then compares them.

Yes, one cat or dog per passenger, in a soft-sided carrier under the seat. Air Transat’s pets page, read September 24, 2026, sets these conditions for the cabin:

Air Transat also says the number of pets on board is limited and only certain seats can take them, and that someone travelling with a pet may be moved to make a buffer zone if another passenger is allergic to dogs or cats. The cabin service is not available on codeshare flights or with vacation packages.

Yes, cats and dogs travel as checked baggage in a rigid plastic kennel. Air Transat’s pets page, read September 24, 2026, sets these conditions for the hold:

The cable ties stay on until you have left the baggage hall, and Air Transat recommends packing a cutting tool in a checked bag, since security rules stop its ground staff from lending one. Our guide to airline crate requirements in Canada covers how a kennel is sized and built.

Air Transat’s pets page, read September 24, 2026, lists dogs it is unable to transport, mixes of any of them included:

French and American Bulldogs are on the hold list and not on the cabin one. Both lists exempt the Bull Mastiff and the French Mastiff, or Dogue de Bordeaux.

Other snub-nosed dogs and cats can go in the hold on three conditions Air Transat sets: a signed Acknowledgment and Exclusion of Liability handed to the check-in agent, a kennel one size larger than the normal standard, and ventilation openings on all four sides. Our guide to breed restrictions in pet shipping covers the wider rules.

Air Transat charges per pet, per flight segment, and the fee depends on where you fly. Its pets page, read September 24, 2026 with the site set to English and Canadian dollars, lists these fees by the regions it names:

The fee is paid when the space is booked. Changes to the pet’s itinerary are accepted without penalty up to 3 days before departure. Cancellations are accepted up to 30 days before it. Service animals on duty fly in the cabin free.

By reserving the pet’s space with Air Transat’s Contact Centre at least 24 hours before departure. Its pets page, read September 24, 2026, says an animal without a reservation is not accepted at the airport, and adds four requirements:

Air Transat says paying for a place in the hold does not guarantee acceptance, because some flights are subject to loading restrictions.

It limits one-way trips into Canada: a cat or dog cannot be booked one way from Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guyana, Haiti, Morocco, Peru or Türkiye, and has to be on a round-trip booking reserved through the Contact Centre. On flights to the United States, it accepts no animal that has visited a high-risk country in the 6 months before entering. Our guide to flying a pet from Canada to the US covers the American entry rules.

Its notes for two destinations change the plan outright. For the United Kingdom, Air Transat says cats and dogs to and from the UK travel on its aircraft as cargo only, then adds that pets in the cabin and the hold are accepted on flights from Manchester and Glasgow and not from London. To Ireland, cats and dogs travel as cargo only. From Dublin they may be accepted in the cabin, the hold or as cargo. Our United Kingdom and Ireland guides cover each country’s own entry rules.

In the cabin, on flights within Canada. Flair’s pets page, read September 16, 2026, offers pet travel on flights within Canada only, and says it does not currently transport pets in the cabin on United States or international flights, emotional support animals included. It sets these conditions:

Flair’s pets page, read September 16, 2026, gives the fee as $79 to $129 and does not say what sets the amount within that range. Flair may refuse a pet that is not under its handler’s control or behaves disruptively, and it may charge for repairing damage a dog causes, including any mess.

The same page describes cabin travel only and says nothing about pets in the hold or as cargo. For a pet larger than its kennel limit, ask Flair directly, or plan the move on an airline that publishes a hold service, such as Air Transat above.

For a small pet in the cabin, the two limits differ more on weight than on size. Air Transat caps pet and carrier together at 8 kg, and Flair’s limit is 23 lb, about 10.4 kg. Flair’s kennel limit is smaller than Air Transat’s carrier size on two of its three measurements and equal on the third. Put your pet in its carrier on a scale and measure the outside, then check both against the airline’s own page before you book.

Air Transat asks for the pet’s space at least 24 hours before departure, and Flair for 48. On the pages read for this guide, only Air Transat offers pet travel outside Canada or a place in the hold.

Our Air Canada and WestJet pet policy guides cover the two larger Canadian carriers. Our guide to Canadian airline pet policies compares the main ones. The pet carrier size checker on our US site compares your pet’s measurements with the cabin limits Canadian and US airlines publish, these two among them.

Any part of a move can be booked by itself: the flights, the check-in with the airline, the export and import paperwork, door-to-door relocation with a partner driver, or meeting your pet at the arrival airport. Book all of it or only what you need, and our guide to pet air transport explains how pets fly in general.

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Confirm the fee and the limits with the airline when you book.