2022 Airline Pet Travel Summary

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The overall number of pet related travel incidents decreased in 2022, with 9 incidents being reported compared to 21 in 2021.

The overall total number of transported animals in 2022 decreased by 67,891 from 2021.

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

For 2022, the following air carriers do not transport animals:

  • Allegiant
  • Breeze Airways
  • CommutAir
  • Envoy Air
  • Frontier Airlines
  • JetBlue Airways
  • Mesa Airlines
  • Silver Airways
  • Southwest Airlines
  • Spirit
  • Sun Country Airlines
  • United Airlines
Carrier* Death Injury Loss Total Incidents Total Transported Incidents per 10,000 animals Transported
Alaska Airlines** 0 0 0 0 69,873 0.00
SkyWest Airlines 0 0 0 0 29,081 0.00
Avelo Airlines 0 0 0 0 8,832 0.00
Delta Air Lines 0 0 0 0 5,493 0.00
Horizon Air 0 0 0 0 5,387 0.00
Republic Airlines 0 0 0 0 155 0.00
PSA Airlines 0 0 0 0 128 0.00
Eastern Airlines 0 0 0 0 114 0.00
Endeavor Air 0 0 0 0 102 0.00
American Airlines 1 0 0 1 63,277 0.16
Hawaiian Airlines 6 1 1 8 5,781 13.84
TOTAL 7 1 1 9 188,223 0.48

*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 2022 can be found here.

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