Travelling with pets
Before going on a trip with your pet, you should know all the imposed flight conditions.
Your pet can travel in the passenger cabin or in the hold. You can read below the conditions for each transportation type.
On board (PETC)
TAROM accepts only cats and dogs in the passenger cabin. In order for the pets to be accepted, they have to fullfill the following requirements:
• to be mentioned when the passenger books the flight ticket. Firstly, the pet has to be confirmed for travelling by TAROM and can afterwards be accepted on board;
• to be clean;
• to be healthy: the passenger has to have a travelling international passport for the pet;
• if you are travelling in the Schengen space, the pet has to have a identification microcip and has to be vaccinated, according to the access requirements of your destination country;
• shouldn't be pregnant;
• shouldn't produce any discomfort for the other passengers;
• to be transported in a standard IATA cage (it can be bought from the Ticket Release office from the Otopeni airport or from the stores specialized in selling pet products);
The standard IATA cage for on board transportation of your pet it's 69cm x 51cm x 49cm and is recommended for 5,5 kg.
Pets than weigh up to 8 kg with the cage are also allowed, if they fullfill the above dimensions.
There is a number of acceptance restrictions for pets:
• according to the plane type: ATR 42- maximum 2 cages accepted; B 737- maximum 3 cages accepted; A 318- maximum 3 cages accespted
• a passenger can transport only one cage
If a passenger comes to the registration office without a prior reservation or he/she doesn't follow the conditions imposed by the transporter (animal weight, standard cage, health state etc), the transporter can deny the transportation services for the pet.
In the hold (AVIH)
In order for the pets to be accepted, they have to fullfill the following requirements:
• to be mentioned when the passenger books the flight ticket. Firstly, the pet has to be confirmed for travelling by TAROM and can afterwards be accepted on board;
• to be clean;
• to be healthy: the passenger has to have a travelling international passport for the pet;
• if you are travelling in the Schengen space, the pet has to have a identification microcip and has to be vaccinated, according to the access requirements of your destination country;
• shouldn't be pregnant;
• shouldn't produce any discomfort for the other passengers;
• to be transported in a standard IATA cage (it can be bought from the Ticket Release office from the Otopeni airport or from the stores specialized in selling pet products);
If a passenger comes to the registration office without a prior reservation or he/she doesn't follow the conditions imposed by the transporter (animal weight, standard cage, health state etc), the transporter can deny the transportation services in the hold.
The passenger has to pay an excess of baggage according to the animal weight plus it's cage.
Important notes:
• transportation of pets in the hold is not allowed on the Airbus A318 planes;
• no pets are allowed on the flights to Great Britain (in the cabin nor the hold);
• pets can only be transported within cargo regulations.
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