2021 Airline Pet Travel Summary

The overall number of pet related travel incidents increased in 2021, with 21 incidents being reported compared to 10 in 2020.

The overall total number of transported animals in 2021 decreased by 55,035 from 2020.

Hawaiian Airlines negatively stands out for the number of incedents per 10,000 transported.

For 2021, the following air carriers do not transport animals:

  • Allegiant
  • Breeze Airways
  • CommutAir
  • Eastern Airlines
  • Frontier Airlines
  • JetBlue Airways
  • Southwest Airlines
  • Spirit
  • Sun Country Airlines
  • United Airlines
Carrier* Death Injury Loss Total Incidents Total Transported Incidents per 10,000 animals Transported
PSA Airlines 0 0 0 0 27,020 0.00
SkyWest Airlines 0 0 0 0 9,113 0.00
Envoy Air 0 0 0 0 8,710 0.00
Delta Air Lines 0 0 0 0 7,844 0.00
Horizon Air 0 0 0 0 7,792 0.00
Republic Airways 0 0 0 0 3,898 0.00
Mesa Airlines 0 0 0 0 2,515 0.00
Avelo Airlines 0 0 0 0 2,177 0.00
Silver Airways 0 0 0 0 383 0.00
Endeavor Air 0 0 0 0 267 0.00
American Airlines 3 3 0 6 100,583 0.60
Alaska Airlines** 3 7 0 10 77,337 1.29
Hawaiian Airlines 1 4 0 5 8,475 5.90
TOTAL 7 14 0 21 256,114 0.82

*The rankings of the carriers that had no incidents are based on total number of animals transported.

A summary of all the pet incidents in 2021 can be found here.

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