Japanese Aviation Airlines Allow Passengers To Bring Hewa Peliharaan For Domestic Flights Starting Next Month

Pet illustration. (Unsplash/Oleksandr Chernobai)

JAKARTA - Japanese airlines will allow passengers to bring their small dogs and cats into all domestic flights starting in January, in a bid to attract more customers.

The Star Lyer airline became the first domestic airline to provide this service in March 2022 on flights between Kitakyushu Airport in Fukuoka Prefecture and Haneda airport in Tokyo. Due to its popularity, the company decided to expand it starting January 15.

Passengers are allowed to carry one pet per person, and each flight allows a maximum of two animals. Tickets for valuable pets 50,000 yen (IDR 5,456) per animal. Owners will sit next to their pet cages on the last row of the plane.

Those traveling with their pets are asked not to feed their pets during the flight, although water is allowed.

Starting in 2024, airlines will allow pets to be on flights between Haneda Airport and Kansai in Osaka Prefecture, Yamaguchi Ube Airport in Yamaguchi Prefecture with Fukuoka Airport, as well as between Chubu Airport in Aichi Prefecture and Fukuoka.

"We want to increase customer satisfaction by supporting their journey with their pets," said the Star Flyer representative, adding that so far there have been around 300 uses of this service on flights between Kitakyushu and Haneda, as reported by Kyodo News December 10.