Are you planning on touring with a pet?
Airports all through New York advise pet house owners to examine with their particular airline to verify all pointers are adopted, as each airline establishes its own policies. But the airports themselves even have their very own algorithm and rules.
Here’s what to know concerning the various insurance policies concerning pets in some airports all through the state.
Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport
Pets are allowed contained in the airport if they’re touring with their proprietor, however shouldn’t be introduced into the terminal to greet arriving passengers, stated Monroe County deputy director of communications Meaghan McDermott.
Designated pet aid areas are situated exterior of the airport and in every of the concourses.
JFK, LaGuardia, Newark Airports
Port Authority New York/New Jersey airports like John F. Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark comply with U.S. Department of Transportation pointers.
“No person shall enter any Port Authority of New York & New Jersey operated space, public touchdown space, public ramp and apron space, public passenger ramp and apron space, or public cargo ramp and apron space of the air terminal with any animal besides a service animal … or one correctly confined for cargo,” a Port Authority consultant stated in a written assertion.
In designated pet aid areas, animals might be on a leash however elsewhere within the terminal, they need to be placed in an airline transport-approved provider.
Syracuse Hancock International Airport
Animals apart from service animals or animals getting used for regulation enforcement functions are usually not allowed contained in the airport until they’re being transported on a aircraft, in line with a Syracuse Hancock International Airport consultant. If that is the case, these animals should be on a leash or in a crate.
The airport additionally has a number of pet aid rooms situated outdoor and one inside Terminal A.
Emily Barnes is the New York State Team shopper advocate reporter for the USA TODAY Network. Contact Barnes at [email protected] or on Twitter @byemilybarnes.
This article initially appeared on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: Traveling with a pet? Here are some of New York’s airport pet policies
