✈ Star Alliance📍 Thailand · BKK✓ Verified 11 Jul 2026
★ Hard3.4/5
67/100 · MyDogCanFly score
No cabin pets except service dogs; only dogs & cats in the hold, with 34 embargoed breeds and route bans.
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⚖️ Where does your dog travel?
Cabin—
Hold≤ 70 kg
Cargoembargo breeds
Weight includes the carrier or kennel.
🐾 CabinNot allowed
Pets are generally not in the cabin — only trained service dogs.
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🧳 HoldAllowed
Dogs & cats only as checked baggage (AVIH) on your flight, up to 70 kg incl. container; over 4 months (intl). Not on A320 or several routes.
$320–540
✈️ THAI CargoVia cargo
The 34 embargoed dog breeds and cargo acceptance go via THAI Cargo.
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💶 Fares
Hold — international (≤ 32 kg)
$320
Hold — international (32–70 kg)
$540
Hold — domestic (≤ 70 kg)
THB 1,500
Service dog
Free
USD/THB, effective for travel on/after 2 March 2026. Non-refundable, not in the free allowance. ✓ Official source
⚠️ Key restrictions
🐶 Flat-faced breeds
34 breeds: cargo only
THAI doesn't accept 34 snub-nosed and other dog breeds as checked baggage (anatomy makes them vulnerable to air/temperature changes) — bulldogs (all), boxers (all), pugs (all), Boston terrier, mastiffs (all), Shih Tzu, Pekingese, chow chow, Shar Pei, Cane Corso, pit bull/Staffordshire types, Japanese Chin, King Charles/Cavalier spaniels. These go via THAI Cargo.
🚫 Other rules
IATA container required
The pet must be healthy and not pregnant; provide a leak-proof, disinfected IATA container with food and water.
🐶 Check whether your dog is snub-nosed
Thai Airways refuses brachycephalic (snub-nosed) breeds in the hold. What the airline itself wrote is in the restrictions above — that text alone says which breeds it turns away.
These 22 breeds are MyDogCanFly's own brachycephalic classification, heaviest first — it is not the list published by Thai Airways. Use it to situate your dog, then read the airline's own wording above and confirm with it before booking.
🌡️ Temperature & hold
Temperature-controlled holdNumeric limits: not disclosed
Pets travel in a hold just beneath the cabin described as safe and temperature-controlled; THAI publishes no numeric limit.
Flying with a dog on Thai Airways: common questions
Can my dog travel in the cabin on Thai Airways?
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Thai Airways — Not allowed. Pets are generally not in the cabin — only trained service dogs. Fare: —.
Does Thai Airways carry dogs in the hold?
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Hold — Allowed. Dogs & cats only as checked baggage (AVIH) on your flight, up to 70 kg incl. container; over 4 months (intl). Not on A320 or several routes.
Does Thai Airways accept flat-faced (brachycephalic) breeds?
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Thai Airways — 34 breeds: cargo only. THAI doesn't accept 34 snub-nosed and other dog breeds as checked baggage (anatomy makes them vulnerable to air/temperature changes)…
Does Thai Airways suspend dog transport in hot weather?
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Pets travel in a hold just beneath the cabin described as safe and temperature-controlled; THAI publishes no numeric limit.
Are assistance dogs accepted on Thai Airways?
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Thai Airways — In the cabin. Trained service dogs (guide/hearing/assistance, min 6 months) travel free in the cabin with recognised certification (ADI/IGDF/ADEu).
Answers drawn from Thai Airways's published conditions, last verified 11 July 2026. Airline conditions are commercial and can change — confirm at booking.
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