China Eastern Airlines

✈ SkyTeam📍 China · PVG✓ Verified 11 Jul 2026

★ Hard 3.1/5

62/100 · MyDogCanFly score

No cabin pets except service dogs; cats & dogs travel as checked baggage — with a −12 °C to 30 °C limit.

⚖️ Where does your dog travel?

Cabin—

Hold≤ 32 kg

Cargo> 203 cm

Weight includes the carrier or kennel.

🐾 CabinNot allowed

Pets can't enter the cabin — only trained service dogs. They must travel in the cargo hold.

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🧳 HoldAllowed

Cats & dogs as checked baggage (≤ 32 kg incl. container, ≤ 203 cm) in an oxygen-equipped hold on non-stop MU/Shanghai Airlines flights. Approved application before ticketing.

Excess-baggage rate

✈️ CargoVia freight

Carriers over 203 cm must ship via an independent freight transporter.

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💶 Fares

Hold (≤ 32 kg)	Excess-baggage rate (by weight)
Cargo (> 203 cm)	Quote
Service dog	Free

Charged at the airport as excess baggage on combined weight; no flat rate published. ✓ Official source

⚠️ Key restrictions

🐶 Flat-faced breeds

Not accepted

Flat-nosed dogs & cats are refused: bulldogs, pugs, boxers, Boston/Brussels/American Staffordshire terriers, Pekingese, Shih Tzu, Lhasa Apso, chow chow, Shar Pei, Japanese Chin, mastiffs, pit bull types, Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Persian/Himalayan/Exotic/British Shorthair/Burmese cats.

🚫 Other rules

Strict crateMin. 6 months

Also refused: pregnant/due-within-48 h, under-6-month, and heat/altitude-sensitive breeds. Strict crate rules (hard body, metal-locking door, cable ties, net — no wire/soft/foldable crates).

🌡️ Temperature & hold

Refused ≤ −12 °C or ≥ 30 °COxygen-equipped hold

If the forecast at any waypoint is −12 °C or below, or 30 °C or above, carriage may be refused (refund/rebook offered). Pets travel only on aircraft with an oxygen-equipped hold; a drinker is required over 6 hours.

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🦮 Assistance dog

✓ In the cabin

One service dog per passenger travels free in the cabin, muzzled and harnessed.

📄 Documents

Apply ≥ 24 h (48 h to/from the US) with the service-animal form, credentials, quarantine + rabies certificates. US: DOT forms (+ relief form over 8 h).