Lufthansa

✈ Star Alliance📍 Germany · FRA / MUC✓ Verified 11 Jul 2026

★ Moderate 4.7/5

93/100 · MyDogCanFly score

Cats & dogs in the cabin (≤ 8 kg) or the air-conditioned hold — snub-nosed breeds barred from the hold.

⚖️ Where does your dog travel?

Cabin≤ 8 kg

Hold> 8 kg

Cargofreight fwd.

Weight includes the carrier or kennel.

🐾 CabinAllowed

Small dogs & cats up to 8 kg incl. carrier in a soft bag under the seat (max 55 × 40 × 23 cm); up to 2 per passenger.

Route-based

🧳 HoldAllowed

Dogs & cats over 8 kg as excess baggage in the air-conditioned hold, in an IATA crate. No hold pets on connections via Munich — use Frankfurt.

Route-based

✈️ Lufthansa CargoVia agent

For unaccompanied animals or when country rules require air freight; booked through an animal freight forwarder.

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💶 Fares

Cabin (≤ 8 kg)	Route-based fee
Hold (> 8 kg)	Route-based fee
Transfer surcharge (BRU/GVA/FRA/VIE/ZRH)	€150 / $170
Assistance dog	Free

Lufthansa charges a route- and size-based pet fee (paid at check-in) rather than a flat amount; a transfer surcharge applies via certain hubs. ✓ Official source

⚠️ Key restrictions

🐶 Flat-faced breeds

Cabin possibleHold forbidden

Snub-nosed dogs & cats are barred from the hold since Jan 2020 (breathing risk): bulldogs (except American), pugs, boxers, Boston terrier, chow chow, Shih Tzu, Pekingese, Shar Pei, Lhasa Apso, and Persian/Himalayan/Exotic/British Shorthair/Scottish Fold cats. They may fly in the cabin or as Lufthansa Cargo air freight.

🚫 Dangerous breeds

Special crate / cargoNo sedation

Fighting/dangerous breeds (pit bull, American Staffordshire, Staffordshire bull terrier, bull terrier, American Bully, Dogo Argentino, Kangal, Caucasian Ovcharka, Rottweiler) only in the hold in reinforced crates; several are import-banned into Germany. Pregnant animals refused; sedation is discouraged.

🌡️ Temperature & hold

Air-conditioned holdMay refuse in extreme weather

Hold animals travel in the air-conditioned cargo hold. Lufthansa publishes no numeric temperature limit but reserves the right to refuse hold carriage in extreme weather at the destination, sometimes at short notice.

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🦮 Assistance dog

✓ In the cabin

Assistance dogs travel free in the cabin on any route (max 2), leashed in the footwell.

📄 Documents

Register ≥ 48 h ahead; training certificate (ADI/ADEu/IGDF) + cabin-animal form. Direct US flights: DOT forms. Emotional-support animals not accepted.