Beginning November 1, Akasa Air will allow you to travel with your pet. However, pets in the cabin should not weigh more than 7 kg. The remainder will be permitted in cargo. Bookings for the same will begin on October 15. The first Akasa Air flight with pets allowed aboard will take off on November 1. “Pets weighing up to 7 kg (one pet) are permitted in/on board the cabin…the remainder may be permitted in the cargo,” Akasa Air stated.
“We are announcing pets onboard from November 1 this year, for which the bookings will commence from October 15 and the flying will start from November 1,” Belson Coutinho, Chief Marketing and Experience Officer of Akasa Air told ANI.
With the announcement, Akasa Air has become the second commercial Indian airline to allow passengers to travel with their pets. Previously, Air India was the only commercial airline in the country that allowed pets of certain weights on board.
Further, Akasa Air has clarified that only domesticated pets (cats and dogs) will be allowed to fly in the cabin by paying a fee amount. The fee amount to take the pets onboard the Akasa Air flights would be announced shortly.
In other Akasa Air news, Vinay Dubey, CEO of India’s low-cost airline, Akasa Air, announced that it will receive 18 brand-new aircraft by the end of March next year, after being in the airline business for nearly 60 days.