Can you believe there's an airline that only caters to animals? It's Pet Airways, designed to fly your furry four-legged friends across the country in style and comfort. Launched this week, the airline consists of what are essentially private chartered jets with seats gutted out and replaced by kennels. You drop your pet off at the designated airports (in the pet lounge, swanky ooh lala), and trained pet attendants supervise your pet all the way from the time you drop them off until you pick them up at their destination. The animal never travels in cargo or under the seat, rather each animal has his/her own kennel space. Attendants check on the animals every fifteen minutes (supposedly) and during layovers will take them on short walks or litter breaks. Because the animals travel like human passengers, the company has made it possible for pets to travel at any time of the year. Previously, there were tons of restrictions on specific dates and times allowing animals to travel, due to the extreme and uncontrollable temperatures
Prices are virtually equivalent to, well, a human-priced ticket. But let me tell you, I know plenty of people who would pay double the price to make sure lil Sparky gets home safe. I would, for sure.
As much as I think this is a silly idea and an even sillier image in my head (mental picture: yorkshire terrier in the cockpit with a poodle as his co-captain), I've gotta hand it to the CEO for creating a business that will probably do extremely well.
Now Barnabas can come visit! He'd love the big city smells and big city dawgs, I think.
this is awesome!!
ReplyDeletewhen i brought fino with me from shanghai, he had to stay in this small box of a cage the airline forced me buy at the airport that fits underneath the seat infront of me. the box is so small fino can't even stand up and turn around! can u say animal cruelty?! i was so pissed off.