Turkish Airlines
✈ Star Alliance📍 Türkiye · IST✓ Verified 11 Jul 2026
★ Moderate 4.9/5
97/100 · MyDogCanFly score
Cabin and hold pets on most routes — but strict breed limits, and no pets to the UK.
⚖️ Where does your dog travel?
Cabin≤ 8 kg
Hold≤ 50 kg
Cargo> 125 cm
Weight includes the carrier or kennel.
🐾 CabinAllowed
Cats, dogs & small songbirds in a soft carrier (40 × 30 × 23 cm) under the seat; window seats only.
Route-based
🧳 HoldAllowed
Larger pets as checked baggage (AVIH) in a hard, ventilated crate, up to 50 kg including the carrier.
Route-based
✈️ Turkish CargoOn request
For oversize crates (> 75 × 75 × 125 cm) and accepted 'dangerous' breeds.
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💶 Fares
| Cabin (≤ 8 kg) | Route-based fee |
| Hold (≤ 50 kg) | Route-based fee |
| Turkish Cargo | Quote |
| Service dog | Free |
Turkish Airlines charges a route-based pet fee (no flat amount) shown in its official pet-fee calculator; not included in the baggage allowance. ✓ Official source
⚠️ Key restrictions
🐶 Flat-faced breeds
Cabin onlyHold forbidden
Snub-nosed cats and flat-nosed dogs (pug, bulldog, boxer, Shih Tzu, Boston terrier, Persian/Exotic cats…) may fly only in the cabin within 8 kg; barred from the hold since Oct 2021.
🚫 Banned & 'dangerous' breeds
Not accepted / cargo onlyNo sedation
Pit bull, American Staffordshire, Bull Terrier, Tosa, Dogo Argentino, Fila Brasileiro, American Bully & mixes aren't accepted at all; other 'dangerous' breeds (Rottweiler, Cane Corso, Dogue de Bordeaux, Anatolian Shepherd, Boerboel…) only via Turkish Cargo. No sedated or pregnant animals; microchip + rabies vaccine required.
🌡️ Temperature & hold
Temperature limits: not disclosedHeat embargo: not disclosed
Turkish Airlines doesn't publish hold-temperature limits or a seasonal heat embargo on its pet pages. Suitability depends on the aircraft, route and weather — confirm flight by flight.
📦 Check your crate size for this airline →🦮 Assistance dog
✓ In the cabin
Guide, hearing and medical-alert dogs (SVAN) travel free in the cabin on all routes.
📄 Documents
Confirm ≥ 48 h ahead; training and vaccination certificates and ID required. US routes: DOT + CDC forms.
⏱️ London Heathrow
Flights to Heathrow need HARC pre-approval (≥ 72 h).
ℹ️ Good to know
🚫 No pets to the UKPets aren't carried on flights to the UK, including connections (service dogs handled via HARC).
🧳 Shared crateTwo similar dogs (≤ 14 kg each) or cats (≤ 10 kg) may share a hold crate; heavier pets travel alone.
⏱️ BookingBook online with your PNR up to 6 h before the flight; service dogs can't be booked online.
🗺️ Where Turkish Airlines flies with dogs
Main hubs
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🛡️ Official source7 Turkish Airlines & Turkish Cargo sources · last verified 11 July 2026