Brussels Airlines

✈ Star Alliance📍 Belgium · BRU✓ Verified 11 Jul 2026

★ Moderate 4.2/5

84/100 · MyDogCanFly score

Small pets in the cabin, larger in the hold — snub-nosed breeds cabin-only, and no pets to the UK (cargo only).

⚖️ Where does your dog travel?

Cabin≤ 8 kg

Hold≤ 14 kg each

CargoUK / other species

Weight includes the carrier or kennel.

🐾 CabinAllowed

Cats & small dogs (min 15 weeks) ≤ 8 kg incl. carrier under the seat (max 55 × 40 × 23 cm); window seat, max 4/aircraft. Signed cabin form.

€65–115

🧳 HoldAllowed

Cats & dogs in an IATA crate (container ≤ 125 × 75 × 85 cm) in a ventilated hold; up to 2 pets ≤ 14 kg each. Stricter ventilation from May 2026.

€100–380

✈️ CargoVia cargo

Other species, oversize containers, and all pets to/from the UK, via a pet-shipping agent.

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💶 Fares

Cabin (Europe → US)	€65–115
Hold (Europe → US West Coast)	€100–380
Transfer surcharge (BRU/FRA/ZRH/VIE/GVA)	€150
Assistance dog	Free

EUR, one-way, by zone; a transfer surcharge applies via certain hubs. ✓ Official source

⚠️ Key restrictions

🐶 Flat-faced breeds

Cabin onlyHold forbidden

Snub-nosed dogs & cats aren't accepted in the hold (restricted airways) — cabin only (≤ 8 kg): bulldogs (except American), pugs (all), Boston terrier, boxer, Brussels Griffon, chow chow, Shih Tzu, Pekingese, Shar Pei, Lhasa Apso, and British Shorthair/Exotic/Himalayan/Persian/Scottish Fold cats.

🚫 Other rules

No pets to the UKCats & dogs only

Only cats & dogs are carried; all UK-bound pets and other species go via cargo. Not in the hold on Air Nostrum flights. Dogs to the US: 6 months+, specific airports (CDC).

🌡️ Temperature & hold

Ventilated holdBRU–Yerevan embargo 15 Jun–15 Sep

Pets travel in a ventilated part of the hold; no numeric temperature limit is published. A seasonal embargo bars hold pets on Brussels–Yerevan (both ways) from 15 June to 15 September 2026.

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🦮 Assistance dog

✓ In the cabin

Recognised assistance dogs (guide, hearing, alert, mobility) fly free in the cabin on all flights, leashed at your feet.

📄 Documents

Book via Medical Assistance ≥ 48 h ahead with an ADI/ADEu/IGDF certificate. US: 2 DOT forms (+ relief over 8 h). Emotional-support animals not accepted.