Pets as Checked Baggage (AVIH)
This service enables travelers to check-in and collect their pet at the passenger terminals of their flight’s departure and arrival airports. The pet will be loaded in an aircraft hold just beneath the passenger cabin where it will be safe and in a temperature controlled environment. Please contact your local THAI office for specifications of portable cages or holds for pets.
Note: Pets as AVIH are not allowed on the following routes due to quarantine or other conditions.
- Flight to Auckland, Denpasar, Dubai, Hong Kong and London
- Flight to/ from Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney
- Flights operated on aircraft A320
For the safety of this special kind of pet, THAI bans the following 34 dog breeds from acceptance as checked baggage.
- Affenpinscher
- American Bulldog / Bully
- American Pit Bull Terrier
- American Staffordshire Terrier
- Boston Terrier
- Boxer (All Breeds)
- Brussels Griffon
- Bull Terrier
- Bulldog
- Cavalier Spaniel
- Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
- Chinese Pug
- Chow Chow
- Dogue De Bordeaux
- Dutch Pug
- English Bulldog
- English Staffordshire Bull Terrier
- English Toy Spaniel
- French Bulldog
- Japanese Chin
- Japanese Pug
- Japanese Spaniel
- King Charles Spaniel
- Lhasa Apso
- Mastiff (All Breeds)
- Olde English Bulldog
- Pekinese
- Pit Bull
- Pug
- Shar Pei
- Shih Tzu
- Spanish Alano
- Staffordshire Bull Terrier
- Tibetan Spaniel
PETS IN CARGO
For cargo acceptance of pets, please contact the Cargo Department directly.
