As I was reading the Argentinian newspaper ´´ Minutouno.com``, I came across an offbeat article. From 14th July onwards, there will be an exclusive airline for domestic animals. According to its founders, it is the first one of this kind in the entire world. ´´ Pet Airways`` is starting to operate in the United States on July 14th and a one-way ticket will cost 149 dollars.
Human beings can`t board the plane but the pilot and the flight attendants who will be fully devoted to the ´passangers.`
Animals will be flying on a rebuilt Beechcraft 1900, in private cages placed in the usual passangers seats` place.
It`s going to be a weekly flight with stops in New York, Washington, Denver and Los Angeles.
The couple Alysa Binder and Dan Wiesel created this airline since, in their opinion, animals suffer a great deal on flight. The idea of founding ´ Pet Airways` was developed after a holiday trip when her female Terrier arrived completely stressed.
Two hours before the plane takes off, pets` owners can do the check-in in a lounge for animals where flight attendants will check on them every fifteen minutes and during the flight there will be enough pee breaks.
After arriving, the animals can be picked up from a special room in which they will be relaxed and calmed down.
Wouldn`t be nice to have something similar here in Argentina? What do you think?
Sparkling
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2 years ago
I have not read the newspeper Sparkling mentions, but I find her comment really interesting, since animals are very important in our lives, and deserve to be treated fairly.
ReplyDeleteI think animals suffer froms stress in the current way of travelling by plane nowadays. Moreover with the implementation of this exclusive airlines for pets, owners will be be relaxed too, since they will know their dear pets are safe.
I really enjoyed Sparkling's comment and I agree with her that here in Argentina it would be really nice to have a system to carry pets from one country to another in this way..
Angels
I think Pet Airways is an amazing project which depicts what worry people who have their basic beeds satisfied.
ReplyDeleteAs an owner of a pet I often have troubles when I have to travel and I have to bother relatives and friends to take care of it. Maybe it is not so necessary to have an airline for pets, but at least there should be the possibility to travel with them when we do not have a car.
I really enjoyed the comment on the article.
Cheeps
I didn´t read this article either. I think it is a wonderful idea. I love pets! Both the owner and the pet itself suffer a lot when they have to be separate on holidays. If I have the money topay the service I will do it. But nowadays I can just call some friends o relatives to care my pet. I found this article very interesting, we are not accustom to find this type of article among the others that are so depressive.
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