airBaltic: flying with a dog

📍 Latvia🐾 Cabin ≤ 8 kg✓ Verified 8 Aug 2026

★ Possible

Cabin and hold are both open and reasonably priced, but airBaltic's own route-restriction rules contradict each other on UK, Ireland and Gatwick/Dublin flights — check by phone before assuming either way.

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⚖️ Where does your dog travel?

Cabin≤ 8 kg

Hold≤ 75 kg

Over 75 kgcargo, via agents

Weight includes the carrier or kennel.

🐾 CabinAllowed

8 kg (pet + carrier), closed waterproof and breathable carrier up to 55 × 40 × 23 cm, stowed under the seat in front of you. One carrier per person; two pets of the same kind may share a carrier if they fit. No seats in the first row or at an emergency exit. Contact airBaltic before booking to check space, then pay online.

€70 per crate, per direction

🧳 HoldAllowed

Up to 75 kg (pet + crate) — except Amsterdam flights, capped at 39 kg. Hard plastic or wood crate up to 84 × 142 × 84 cm, no wheels, at least 2 handles above 32 kg. Two pets of the same kind up to 14 kg each may share a crate, or three young animals of the same litter under 6 months. Arrive at least 2 hours before departure.

€130 (1–32 kg) or €220 (33–75 kg) per crate, per direction

✈️ CargoVia agents, no published rate

For animals over 75 kg or shipped without their owner. airBaltic is an EU-authorised animal carrier, but pricing and crate specifics are handled entirely by third-party IATA-certified cargo agents, not published on airBaltic's own site.

Not published

💶 Fares

Cabin	€70
Hold — 1–32 kg	€130
Hold — 33–75 kg	€220

Flat fees, not zoned by distance. Non-refundable once paid; a multi-airline itinerary pays the fee to each carrier separately. ✓ Official source

⚠️ Key restrictions

🐶 Restricted breeds

Not published

airBaltic publishes no breed list at all — no brachycephalic ban, no fighting-breed ban, for cabin or hold. This is genuinely unusual among the airlines we survey; most publish at least a snub-nosed-breed caution.

🐹 Species accepted

Dogs & catsOther species → cargo only

Only cats and dogs travel as accompanied pets. Rabbits, birds and other species must be shipped as cargo.

🌡️ Temperature & hold

Temperature limits: not disclosed

airBaltic only offers generic reassurance ("cabin is climate-controlled," "cargo area is pressurized") — no °C threshold and no seasonal embargo are published.

📦 Check your crate size for this airline →

🦮 Assistance dog

❓ Assistance dogs

Free, no carrier and no weight limit, sits at your feet. Certificate needed from ADI, IGDF, ADEu or EGDFEF (UK flights: ADI or IGDF only, plus a mandatory UK pre-approval letter and contact with the Animal Reception Center 72 h ahead). Emotional support animals are explicitly not accepted — only as a standard paid pet.

ℹ️ Good to know

⚠️ A route rule that contradicts itselfairBaltic's own FAQ states three route rules in a row: to the UK, Ireland, Iceland and the UAE, no cabin or hold — cargo only. From the UK, Ireland, Iceland and the UAE, hold IS allowed. From London Gatwick and Dublin specifically, hold is NOT allowed. Gatwick is in the UK and Dublin is in Ireland — so rules two and three describe overlapping routes with opposite answers, on the same page. Call to confirm before booking either direction.

🔢 Two different destination countsairBaltic's consumer site says "more than 80 destinations," while its corporate site says "over 100 destinations" — two official airBaltic web properties, two different figures.

🔢 No published per-aircraft capThe page states "there's a limit to how many pets can fly on each flight" without ever giving the number — you only find out by contacting airBaltic.

🗺️ Where airBaltic flies with dogs

Main hubs

Riga RIX

Destinations — entry rules (16 of 36)

Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czechia Denmark Egypt Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary

Flying with a dog on airBaltic: common questions

Can my dog travel in the cabin on airBaltic?

airBaltic — Allowed. 8 kg (pet + carrier), closed waterproof and breathable carrier up to 55 × 40 × 23 cm, stowed under the seat in front of you. One carrier per person; two pets of the same kind may share a carrier if they fit. No seats in the first row or at an emergency exit.…

Does airBaltic carry dogs in the hold?

Hold — Allowed. Up to 75 kg (pet + crate) — except Amsterdam flights, capped at 39 kg. Hard plastic or wood crate up to 84 × 142 × 84 cm, no wheels, at least 2 handles above 32 kg. Two pets of the same kind up to 14 kg each may share a crate, or three young animals of the same litter under 6 months.…

Does airBaltic suspend dog transport in hot weather?

airBaltic only offers generic reassurance ("cabin is climate-controlled," "cargo area is pressurized") — no °C threshold and no seasonal embargo are published.

Are assistance dogs accepted on airBaltic?

airBaltic — Assistance dogs. Free, no carrier and no weight limit, sits at your feet. Certificate needed from ADI, IGDF, ADEu or EGDFEF (UK flights: ADI or IGDF only, plus a mandatory UK pre-approval letter and contact with the Animal Reception Center 72 h ahead).…

Answers drawn from airBaltic's published conditions, last verified 8 August 2026. Airline conditions are commercial and can change — confirm at booking.

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