Phil Johns

Dear All
I would Like some advice on the Great British thing us and our pets. I would like to take my dog out when I relocate next year I have had all the legal bumf from D.E.F.R.A. about that side of things but would like to hear from anybody about the transport flying side of things I have had one quote of £1500 so far!!!!!!!!!!!!! anyone?
Phil

lewismark

Hello phil
We moved to Alanya this year, and as a GB pet lover we bought our 3 cats and a german shepherd dog out, it cost us £1100.00 to bring all 4 here useing Animal airlines from Birmingham airport, when you get to Antalya airport your dog will be off loaded from the plane before the luggage and brought straight to you in the area you collect your cases.
I will try and find the contact details for the company i used as i called many carriers and found these to be the cheapest.
You will already know about the rabies injection system if you have been in touch with defrer.

KayaKoyuOldBoy

We brought 2 Springer Spaniels out with us last year. In total it cost about £1,200 per dog which included all inoculations, chipping and paperwork.

There is a very good kennels near Bristol that handled it all for us. If you need info on them send me an e-mail or PM.

denise bannell

Have you tried BA I was quoted 100.00 but that is I fly on the same flight

canim

Denise is right, a few of the airlines will allow you to take pets as 'excess luggage' so the charge is ALOT less than sending them Cargo!

Im not sure if Turkish airlines do this, but i know BA do & with the new flights into Izmir, its perfect!

BRUSANDRA

so if you can get flight with ba do you not need to pay enything else
sorry i get a bit mixed up ..lol
sandra

canim

Sandra,

You will still have to pay to transport the pet, but as you are not sending it cargo, the cost is ALOT lower, usually around £100 - £200 depending on the size of the animal.

Shipping pets this way does have its disadvantages tho, the weather is a big problem, if the temperature goes above 85c, the airlines usually will not allow the animals to fly (for there own safety) also, the smaller aircraft does not have the space to take this kind of excess luggage.

The best thing to do is to call BA, ask about taking your pet with you & also about costs for you, they can then make reservations all at the same time.

You have to be aware tho, shipping pets this way is not guarenteed (if you ship them with a private cargo company, you know what date, time etc your animal will be flying) in a scheduled flight, it really does come down to the day of departure, if its to hot, its highly likley that your pet will not be able to travel.

because of that, most airlines have an embargo from May - September when no pets can be taken as excess luggage!

there are two useful sites here
and here

lewismark

You are NOT allowed to send your pet to Turkey unaccompanied, as Turkey isn't in the "pet travel scheme".
All animals are to have a certificate to show they have been checked for good health and the required Rabies vaccine.
When i enquired about taking animals as excess baggage i was told NO, they have to be transported as "LIVE ANIMALS IN TRANSIT" for insurance purposes, maybe this depends on the airline?

You also have to remember its a 4 hour flight and the animals are caged as soon as you leave them at the departure gate for cargo, so in all our animals were caged for 9 hours from leaveing our uk home until we got to Alanya.
As they were transported as live animals this ensured they were looked after and notices put on the cages that they were to be fed and given water every hour.

KayaKoyuOldBoy

You can't fly BA into Dalaman. You have to go via Istanbul. You then have to make sure that the flight from Istanbul to Dalaman can take animals too.

However, MyTravel take dogs and cats as cargo throughout the season to Dalaman from Bristol as their cargoholds are temperature controlled. In fact they turn the temperature up in the hold for animals otherwise it would be far too cold at 35,000 feet.

( You can send them on a separate flight, but you must have an Import Licence which has to be applied for Ankara )