Qatar Airways reduces prices and doubles weight allowance for transporting domestic pets as baggage

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. As the only airline that will carry pets as excess baggage to and from Qatar, the airline has gone beyond expectations and reduced the cost of travelling with a pet. While it used to cost pet owners and animal refuges approximately USD 400 to transport a large dog to Europe or the Americas on another carrier, the same journey will now cost just USD 300 on Qatar Airways out of Doha. This significant cost reduction means that it will now be easier than ever for passengers to travel with their beloved pets. 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 32 kgs to a generous 75 kgs. Qatar Airways Chief Commercial Officer, Ehab Amin said, “We know how much our passengers love their family pets and often don’t want to be apart from them. This move to increase weight allowances while also reducing the fare structure means that our passengers and their domestic pets can now travel comfortably on the same flight together”.