do you reckon they would except my 3 great danes,or would they have to go in the hold

my deerhound is 6 foot standing on his back legs wud i need extra leg room!

Seriously, you need to speak to the airlines concerned - your biggest problem would be quarantine on entering Australia - have to ensure you entered at an airport that could deal with the pet. .
http://www.qantas.com.au/info/flying...travellingPets

As for Air NZ
http://www.airnewzealand.com.au/trav..._with_pets.htm

On international flights, pets are not permitted as checked in baggage and must travel as Cargo.

This must be a wind up, can you imagine a dog on a flight to Oz, god, it was bad enough for humans but at least we can use the facilities.
What are you going to do, put a catheter in to avoid little puddles.

Sammy

my great danes would need corks up their arses as well

Not a pretty picture.
I think you can transport pets on domestic flights in Oz as hand/excess baggage but still in the hold obviously but it is only guide dogs that can actually travel on plane and even then a flight to Oz is a very long way!

Sammy

This may come in handy if you are taking a cat on a plane as hand luggage.

Love it!


Sammy

The joy of this YES!¬!!!

You CAN take you pet as excess baggage on Qantas, but it needs to be less thatn 20kg including the crate, so that's my fatty dog out!!
Plus you have to have all the paperwork sorted out before you leave, as well as the quarantine organised at the other end.

It definitely works out much cheaper this way, although loads more hassle!!! LIke using an agent really!

one more thing;
If you're taking a dog to Australia the only approved routes are wtih BA and Qantas!

Hope that this helps

meoooooooooooooooooouch!

I thought her breed was a variant of Bushpig?

Just looked and BA no longer do pets as excess baggage - you now have to go through BA Freight Cargo!

Still looking for Qantas info as what i have found so far is for Domestic au flights not international.