Pet

Cage and dimensions

• Transportation of pets in the aircraft cabin is permitted only if the pets are carried in a special pet carrier case. Passengers are permitted to travel with just one pet, either a dog or a cat, which will accompany the passenger within the aircraft cabin and must travel in a special pet carrier case which it is the passenger’s responsibility to provide. If the passenger wishes to transport more than one pet then it is imperative that the pets already be familiar with each other.
• The pet carrier case must be no larger than: 55cm length, 40cm width and 23cm height (A320 family).
• Please note that for DH8-100, ATR 42-600 and ATR 72-600 aircraft,  the pet carrier case dimensions are reduced to: 40cm x 25cm x 25cm.
• The maximum permitted weight for a pet, including the container, is 8kg. The pet health book must be presented for inspection at check-in and the animal must have been fitted with a mandatory ID microchip. When travelling abroad you must also present a pet passport.

Health Conditions

• The animal must be a minimum of 12 weeks old, with a valid Anti-Rabies vaccination on the day of travel. For a vaccination to be considered valid it must have been applied after the application of the microchip or tattoo. The Anti-Rabies vaccination is repeated every year. If the animal had his first Anti-rabies vaccination, it cannot travel, until 21 days have elapsed from the date of vaccination. The same restriction of 21 days applies in the event that the vaccination is applied after missing the original expiration date.
• Passengers with INFs are not allowed to carry a PETC.
• PRMs, Pregnant women, UMNRs are allowed to carry PETC
• Animals intended for laboratory and scientific purposes will not be accepted, unless the shipper provides a certificate confirming that the animals are transported on behalf of a Medical Research Hospital or a Scientific Institution.
• The animal must be clean, healthy, harmless, odourless, and not pregnant.
• The animal must not be sedated.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR REQUESTING A PET IN CABIN WITHIN THE BOOKING FOR BOTH DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL ROUTINGS

For carriage to be approved, you must insert into booking -in advance of passenger’s journey- the relevant entry (SSR) of your GDS using NN status, by notifying the kind of pet (cat or dog), the kilograms including the box and the dimensions of the box. An Aegean reply will follow upon the SSR status (HK or UC), accompanied –where needed- with a respective SSR which will provide you with the correct details. In case you haven’t followed these details in first place, you should insert a new correct SSR. Afterwards the same procedure will be followed by Aegean for the reply.

In addition the reply upon the SSR status (HK or UC) depends as well on the quantity of the applied PETs (cats and dogs) per flight and the restrictions.

For more information regarding entries, please contact the relevant Help Desk of your GDS or visit your GDS’s Help/Info Pages.

Definition

Animals in hold are domestic animals such as dogs and cats transported as checked baggage in the aircraft hold.

In addition, cats or dogs that exceed the 8kg weight limit(including container), should only be carried in the cargo compartment of the aircraft, and must follow the appropriate reservation procedure. With the exception of specific breeds, it is important to mention that only Airbus aircraft may carry animals in the cargo compartment. Dash 8 aircraft operated by Olympic Air cannot carry AVIH.
 

The animal must be clean, healthy, harmless, odorless, and not pregnant.

The animal must not be sedated.

The animal must have a valid Pet Passport (alternatively a Health Handbook – ONLY valid for domestic flights)

The animal must be a minimum of 12 weeks old, with a valid Anti-Rabies vaccination on the day of travel. For a vaccination to be considered valid it must have been applied after the application of the microchip or tattoo. The Anti-Rabies vaccination is repeated every year. If the animal had his first Anti-rabies vaccination, it cannot travel, until 21 days have elapsed from the date of vaccination. The same restriction of 21 days applies in the event that the vaccination is applied after missing the original expiration date.

Animals intended for laboratory and scientific purposes will not be accepted, unless the shipper provides a certificate confirming that the animals are transported on behalf of a Medical Research Hospital or a Scientific Institution. 

• The maximum number of Domesticated Animals that an owner can transport cannot be more than 5 animals.
• As a rule, each container should have only one animal.
• However, we can accept up to 2 dogs or cats in one container, provided that the animals are up to 14kg each and provided that they are familiar with each other.
• Moreover, we can accept up to 3 dogs or cats in one container, provided that the animals are up to 6 months old each and they are from the same birth.
• The total weight of the AVIH (including the container) is not restricted to a certain limit, however as a recommendation, the AVIH should not exceed 50kgr.
• PRMs,  Pregnant women,  UMNRs are allowed to carry AVIH.
• Animals may not be accepted to be transported in the aircraft hold for a connecting time exceeding three (3) hours.

Container requirements

Container Requirements for transporting animals in cargo holds

INSTRUCTIONS FOR REQUESTING A PET IN CARGO COMPARTMENT WITHIN THE BOOKING FOR BOTH DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL ROUTINGS

For carriage to be approved, you must insert into booking -in advance of passenger’s journey- the relevant entry (SSR) of your GDS using NN status, by notifying the kind of pet, the kilograms including the box and the dimensions of the box. An Aegean reply will follow upon the SSR status (HK or UC), accompanied –where needed- with a respective SSR which will provide you with the correct details. In case you haven’t followed these details in first place, you should insert a new correct SSR. Afterwards the same procedure will be followed by Aegean for the reply.

In addition the reply upon the SSR status (HK or UC) depends as well on the quantity of the applied PETs per flight and the restrictions.

For more information regarding entries, please contact the relevant Help Desk of your GDS or visit your GDS’s Help/Info Pages.

For the transportation of a pet, on domestic or international flights, whether the animal is travelling with the passenger in the cabin or in the cargo hold, the following charges apply:

• Rates apply per direction for A3/OA flights 
• The charge is always per container, for both PETC and AVIH cases, regardless of the number of animals being transported in the box/container
• Rates apply per direction for A3/OA flights and A3/OA with LH group (LH, OS, LX)

1st Example:

2nd Example:

Itinerary:
20 JUN ATH-ROM A3 operating
20 JUN ROM-CAI AZ operating

A3 will charge the passenger for the AVIH for ATH-ROM only with a fixed rate (as per above table) and 
For ROM-CAI, the passenger should be told to go to the AZ counter 

• Service animals (SVAN) are transported free of charge
• Trained guide dogs for visually and hearing impaired passengers are carried free of charge. You must notify us that a guide-dog will be accompanying your passenger at the time of reservation. 

If you wish to transport any other kind of animal, please contact our cargo department.

Dubai

Transportation of dogs and cats to Dubai is NOT accepted in cabin or aircraft hold and are only allowed to be sent as Cargo (requests must be made at least 4 days prior to the flight date).

UK

Attention: Pets in the cabin (PETC) or in the hold (AVIH) are not permitted on flights from Greece to London Heathrow, London Gatwick, Manchester or Edinburgh airports.

Transportation of animals to the UK is only permitted to London Heathrow (LHR) airport and only as Cargo (requests must be made at least 4 days prior to the flight date).

Guidelines for importing Pets into the UK  

Dublin

We accept Pets in cabin (PETC) and in the hold (AVIH)  from/to  Dublin (DUB) airport.

Acceptance is only for live animals (dogs & cats). Additionally to the Container Requirements for transporting animals in cargo holds, for this specific airport the animal crate/kennel must be maximum 950mm in height, 950mm in width and 2000mm in length. Any crate/kennel beyond those dimensions cannot be processed.

Aircraft type and domestic pets

Note

Aegean accepts:

• AIRBUS 320/32N/32Q/321: 4 pets in the aircraft cabin (PETC), 1 in business class and 4 in economy class and 8 in the cargo compartment (AVIH).
• BOMBARDIER DE HAVILLAND DASH 8 100/ ATR42: 3 pets in the aircraft cabin (PETC), no pets in the cargo compartment (AVIH).
• ATR 72 : 3 pets in the aircraft cabin (PETC), 1 in economy class in cargo compartment for domestic routes only (AVIH Medium) and no pets in the cargo compartment for international flights (AVIH).
  
  

Breed and conditions

A. Snub-Nosed Animals

Snub-nosed dogs and cats are not hot-weather animals and have difficulty in regulating a normal body temperature in hot weather; therefore these animals are very sensitive to heat and often suffer from respiratory and breathing problems.

These respiratory problems are increased under high-stress situations.

As a precaution, Aegean does not accept them in the hold or as air cargo due to their inability to breathe easily and cool themselves down. The following embargo list of brachycephalic (snub nosed) dog breeds is applicable on AEGEAN and Olympic Air flights:

Dog which are not allowed:

1. American Bully
2. Cavalier king Charles Spaniel
3. Pinscher
4. Boston Terrier
5. Affenpinscher
6. Boxer (All breeds)
7. Brussels Griffon
8. Bulldog (All breeds)
9. Cane Corso
10. Chow Chow
11. Dogue De Bordeaux
12. English Toy Spaniel (King Charles Spaniel)
13. Japanese Spaniel (Chin)
14. Lhasa Apso
15. Mastiff (All breeds)
16. Pekingese
17. Pit Bull
18. Presa Canario
19. Pug (All breeds)
20. Staffordshire Bull Terrier
21. Shar Pei
22. Shih Tzu
23. Tibetan Spaniel
24. American Staffordshire Terrier
25. Any mixed breed of above breeds of dog or their hybrid

Cats which are not allowed:

1. Scottish Straight 
2. Selkirk Rex
3. American shorthair 
4. American Longhair 
5. Burmese 
6. Exotic 
7. Himalayan 
8. Persian 
9. British Shorthair 
10. Scottish Fold 
11. British Longhair

The following breeds, are not accepted either as PETC or as AVIH, and the customer should be advised to contact our Cargo Department for further information and/or clarification:

1. Bandog
2. Caucasian ovcharka
3. Dogo Argentino
4. Fila Brazileiro
5. Japanese Tosa
6. Karabash
7. Mastino Napoletano or Neapolitan Mastiff
8. Rottweiler
9. Tosa Inu
10. Doberman Pinscher/Doberman

Regulations and instructions

The transportation of animals is subject to Government regulations concerning import, export and the transit of live animals
In case of code share flights, operated by another carrier, the rules may be different from the ones described in these instructions.

The rules of the “Operating Carrier” apply.

If the person accompanying the animals is not the owner, as defined in the Pet Passport, then a written authorisation is required from the owner, stating that transportation of the animals by a different person has been authorised.

By definition, pet movement is a part of the owner’s movement. Nevertheless, the pet should be considered as accompanying its owner or the authorized¹ person even if the non-commercial movement of the pet takes place up to five days earlier or later than the movement of the owner or of the authorized¹ person, or takes place in a different physical location than that occupied by the owner or by the authorized¹ person.

In these cases, the following is required:

1. Written authorization from the owner, using a Declaration.
   
   Attached PDF (Gr version)
   Attached PDF (En version)
   
   
2. Evidence that the pet movement is part of the owner movement. Boarding passes or ticket of the owner, within 5 days earlier or later than the pet movement date, can be accepted as evidence.

Transportation to other countries

• The Transportation of pets to Malta, Finland, Ireland and Norway is subject to further conditions such as pre-advice of the authorities.

Dogs must be treated with a medicine containing praziquantel against Echinococcus multilocularis between a minimum of 24 hours and a maximum of 120 hours before arrival.

For all other animals and for detailed information, before accepting a pet for travel to any of these countries, it is mandatory to visit the official corresponding Government website for more detailed information.

• Transportation of pets from Third Countries and/or Transport of pets from all non-European Union countries.

Pets cannot be transported into an EU Member State from a territory or a third country unless they fulfil the following conditions:

(a) They are marked in accordance with Article 17(1) of EU 576/2013;
(b) They have received an anti-rabies vaccination that complies with the validity requirements set out in Annex III of EU 576/2013;
(c) They have undergone a rabies antibody titration test that complies with the validity requirements set out in Annex IV of EU 576/2013;
(d) They comply with any preventive health measures for diseases or infections other than rabies adopted pursuant to Article 19(1) of EU 576/2013;
(e) They are accompanied by an identification document duly completed and issued in accordance with Article 26 of EU 576/2013.
All elements (a) to (e) and further information for transportation of animals from Third countries can be found in Chapter III of EU 576/2013.

Download Veterinary Declaration