Airlines Ban Emotional Support Animals

Alaska Airlines will soon ban emotional support animals from flights becoming the first major US.

Airlines ban emotional support animals. There are airlines outside of the US. Alaska Airlines announced that from 11 January onwards the company will no longer accept emotional support animals on its flights. Airlines Ban Emotional Support Animals.

Last week Alaska Airlines was the first airline to ban emotional support animals under a new Department of Transportation DOT ruling. A service dog inside a United Airlines plane at Newark Liberty International Airport in 2017. In the years prior to this rule change all airlines were required by law to accommodate owners of ESAs with proper documentation from a licensed mental health.

Delta Air Lines has now become the latest airline. Emotional support animals will no longer be considered service animals on flights. After more than a year of lobbying by US airlines Emotional Support Animals ESA may be departing the passenger cabin.

All reservations booked prior to January 11 2021 or for flights on or before February 28 2021. The age of free-flying emotional support animals is ending as most major airlines enabled by new Department of Transportation rules crack down on. Julio Cortez AP.

That means you will no longer be able to bring your dog in the airline cabin with you. United becomes the final Big 3 airline to ban emotional support animals Zach Honig 182021. Emotional Support Animals ESA are now considered pets not service animals when flying on US.

With tougher restrictions announced by the US Department of Transportation DOT recently Alaska Airlines has become the first company to step forward and ban all emotional support animals. Frontier Airlines became the latest airline to announce it would join other major US. WASHINGTON SBG Several major airlines are banning emotional support animals from the cabin following years of fraud and abuse of the system.