📍 New Caledonia · NOU🚫 No cabin, no hold✓ Verified 5 Aug 2026
★ Airfreight only
Aircalin says it in one line: "Pets are only carried by airfreight." Neither the cabin nor the hold is open to your dog — the file goes through the Tontouta cargo office, three months ahead.
MyDogCanFly is not affiliated with Aircalin. The logo is shown for identification only. We do not sell tickets and take no bookings.
⚖️ Where does your dog travel?
Cabin—
Hold—
Airfreightthe only route
Weight includes the carrier or kennel.
🐾 CabinNot allowed
No pet in the cabin, whatever its size. Only guide dogs for the visually or hearing impaired can be admitted, and only with prior authorisation.
—
🧳 HoldNot allowed
Aircalin doesn't take pets as checked baggage either. There is no accompanied-hold option at all — no weight bracket, no crate size, nothing to book at the counter.
—
✈️ Cargo (airfreight)Only route
The file is opened with the Tontouta cargo office three months before departure, with a SIVAP certificate, and the animal is dropped off 4 hours before the flight. Aircalin publishes no rate, no weight limit and no crate dimensions for this channel.
Quote
💶 Fares
Cabin
Not available
Hold
Not available
Cargo (airfreight)
Quote — no published rate
Guide dog
Not published
Aircalin publishes no figure at all — not a rate, not a weight, not a dimension. Everything is quoted case by case by the cargo office. ✓ Official source
⚠️ Key restrictions
🚫 Pit Bull type
Refused
The only breed rule Aircalin publishes, word for word: "Dogs such as Pit Bull will be no longer accepted from the 1st of January 2015." No snub-nosed list, no dangerous-dog categories, nothing else.
🌡️ Temperature & hold
Temperature limits: not disclosed
Aircalin publishes no hold-temperature limits or seasonal embargo on its pet page.
Guide dogs for the visually or hearing impaired may be admitted in the cabin, subject to authorisation. It's the single exception to the airfreight rule.
📄 Conditions
Not published: Aircalin gives no training standard, no certifying body, no notice period and no price for the guide dog. Request the authorisation early and get it in writing.
ℹ️ Good to know
📅 Three months aheadThe file has to be opened with the Tontouta cargo office three months before the flight — an unusually long lead time. Start there, before you book your own seat.
📄 SIVAP certificate & drop-offA SIVAP certificate (the New Caledonian veterinary and food-safety service) is required, and the animal is dropped off 4 hours before departure.
⚠️ A near-empty pageAlmost everything you'd normally look for is missing here — weights, crate sizes, rates, breed lists, temperature rules. That's not an omission on our side: Aircalin simply doesn't publish it. Expect the cargo office to be your only source of numbers.
Aircalin — Not allowed. No pet in the cabin, whatever its size. Only guide dogs for the visually or hearing impaired can be admitted, and only with prior authorisation. Fare: —.
Does Aircalin carry dogs in the hold?
⌄
Hold — Not allowed. Aircalin doesn't take pets as checked baggage either. There is no accompanied-hold option at all — no weight bracket, no crate size, nothing to book at the counter.
Does Aircalin suspend dog transport in hot weather?
⌄
Aircalin publishes no hold-temperature limits or seasonal embargo on its pet page.
Are assistance dogs accepted on Aircalin?
⌄
Aircalin — In the cabin. Guide dogs for the visually or hearing impaired may be admitted in the cabin, subject to authorisation. It's the single exception to the airfreight rule.
Answers drawn from Aircalin's published conditions, last verified 5 August 2026. Airline conditions are commercial and can change — confirm at booking.
🧭
Where to next?
Go straight to what you need — no need to run a new search.
