EgyptAir
✈ Star Alliance📍 Egypt · CAI✓ Verified 11 Jul 2026
★ Moderate 4.3/5
86/100 · MyDogCanFly score
Cats & dogs in the cabin or hold — but 48 h booking, connection breed bans, and several cargo-only countries.
⚖️ Where does your dog travel?
Cabin≤ 8 kg
Hold≤ 32 kg
CargoUK/UAE…
Weight includes the carrier or kennel.
🐾 CabinAllowed
Cats & dogs (falcons by arrangement) ≤ 8 kg incl. cage (max 55+40+20 cm); max 2 per cabin zone, first-come, first-served.
By route
🧳 HoldAllowed
Cats & dogs as checked baggage (AVIH) in a rigid ventilated crate; over 23 kg travel alone (two-piece charge). Over 32 kg not to Tunisia/Tanzania.
By route
✈️ EgyptAir CargoVia cargo
Other species, and all pets to/from the UK, UAE, Bahrain, Yemen, Kenya and South Africa — cargo only.
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💶 Fares
| Cabin (≤ 8 kg) | Excess-baggage basis |
| Hold (≤ 32 kg) | Excess-baggage basis |
| EgyptAir Cargo | Quote |
| Service dog | Free |
EgyptAir prices pets on an excess-baggage basis rather than a flat published fare. ✓ Official source
⚠️ Key restrictions
🐶 Flat-faced breeds (connections)
Codeshare: not acceptedAcknowledgment form
On connecting flights with another carrier, snub-nosed dogs & cats aren't accepted as baggage: boxers, bulldogs (all), pugs (all), pit bull, Shih Tzu, chow chow, Pekingese, Boston terrier, Cane Corso, Dogue de Bordeaux, mastiffs (except Great Danes), and Exotic/Himalayan/Persian/Burmese cats. Owners of these breeds sign an acceptance form at the airport.
📄 Booking & who
48 h booking
Book ≥ 48 h ahead. Not for unaccompanied minors. On connections, carry empty cages; transit via Cairo cargo holds is suspended until further notice.
🌡️ Temperature & hold
Temperature limits: not disclosed
EgyptAir publishes no hold-temperature limits or seasonal embargo on its pet page.
📦 Check your crate size for this airline →🦮 Assistance dog
✓ In the cabin
Service dogs (dogs only) travel free in the cabin at the passenger's feet, exempt from weight/container limits; pit bulls aren't accepted.
📄 Documents
Confirm ≥ 48 h ahead with training + health certificates. US: DOT forms + CDC approval 10 business days ahead. Emotional-support animals not accepted.
ℹ️ Good to know
🐾 Cats & dogs onlyOnly cats and dogs travel with passengers (falcons by arrangement); everything else goes via cargo.
🚫 Cargo-only countriesTo/from the UK, UAE, Bahrain, Yemen, Kenya and South Africa, pets travel only as cargo.
🎫 First-come basisCabin pets are first-come, first-served, max 2 per cabin zone; extras go to the hold.
🗺️ Where EgyptAir flies with dogs
Main hubs
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🛡️ Official sourceOfficial EgyptAir pet policy · last verified 11 July 2026