Singapore Airlines Pet Policy (2026): Cabin, Hold & Fees

How to add your dog to a booking

1. Contact Singapore Airlines at least two weeks before departure with your pet's type, breed, sex, name, age, color and weight, and the container's weight and dimensions.
2. Go through Singapore Airlines' self-checklist for traveling with pets as checked baggage, and get your destination's documents ready.
3. Check in at least three hours before departure when leaving the U.S., at the same counter as yourself, with your pet's documents and the signed indemnity form.

Source: Travelling with pets

Pet fee

Charged as extra checked baggage. On flights to and from the U.S., your pet and its container count as two additional pieces of baggage.

• Your pet and its container don't count toward your free checked baggage allowance; they're charged as additional baggage. Pre-paid and discounted baggage rates don't apply.
• On flights to and from the U.S., the pet and the container are two extra pieces, charged separately. On other routes, the charge depends on the total weight of pet and container.
• Transiting or being transshipped in Singapore can add fees.

Carrier size and weight

Singapore Airlines doesn't allow pets in the cabin, so there are no cabin carrier rules. See the cargo section for pets in the hold.

Source: Travelling with pets

Routes, breeds and other restrictions

Where pets can't fly

Singapore Airlines can't carry pets as checked baggage on these flights and routes:

• Flights SQ21 (Newark to Singapore) and SQ23 (New York to Singapore). From New York to Singapore, pets can fly on SQ25
• Boeing 737-operated flights (no temperature control in the cargo hold)
• Into or out of Australia, Brunei, Denpasar (Bali), New Zealand and South Africa
• Into London Heathrow; into or out of London Gatwick and Manchester
• Into Dubai and Hong Kong SAR
• Connections to or from other airlines

Breeds

Singapore Airlines doesn't accept these dog breeds, their crosses or any other snub-nosed breed as checked baggage: Akita, Boerboel, Boston Terrier, Boxer, Brussels Griffon, Bulldogs (American, French and English), Chow Chow, Dogo Argentino, Fila Brasileiro, Japanese Chin, Lhasa Apso, Mastiffs (including Neapolitan and Dogue de Bordeaux), Perro de Presa Canario, pit bull types (American Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, American Bulldog, Staffordshire Bull Terrier), Pugs and Pekingese, Shar-Pei, Shih Tzu, snub-nosed spaniels (Cavalier King Charles, English Toy, Tibetan) and Tosa. For cats: British Shorthair, Burmese, Exotic Shorthair, Himalayan, Persian and Scottish Fold. Confirm with Singapore Airlines before you book a short-nosed dog or cat.

Also good to know

• Pets must be at least three months old.
• Singapore Airlines doesn't carry pregnant pets.
• Each pet needs its own container. Two puppies or kittens from the same litter can share one if they're 3 to 6 months old and under 14 kg each.
• Don't give your pet sedatives or tranquilizers before the flight.

Source: Travelling with pets

Cargo and checked pets

Singapore Airlines carries pets in the cargo hold through checked baggage in the hold. Your pet flies on the same flight as you, as checked baggage in the temperature-controlled bulk cargo hold, in an IATA-standard container. If your pet and its container weigh more than 32 kg together, it has to travel through a cargo agent instead. The container's maximum height depends on the aircraft: 70 cm on the A350, 60 cm on the A380, 101 cm on the B777 and 111 cm on the B787.

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Service dogs and emotional support animals

• Only trained service dogs are accepted as service animals.
• Required paperwork: For flights to/from the USA: the U.S. DOT Service Animal Air Transportation Form and Relief Attestation Form, the U.S. dog import form (the CDC Dog Import Form) for dogs entering the U.S., a veterinary health certificate and a rabies vaccination letter, plus any import or export permits. Bring the originals to check-in.

Source: Travelling with assistance dogs

Other details

• Assistance dogs fly free in the cabin. They must be at least 4 months old and well trained; small dogs may sit on your lap, larger dogs on the floor in front of your seat on absorbent material. Tell your local Singapore Airlines office at least 48 hours before the flight. Assistance dog owners can't sit in emergency exit rows.
• Assistance dogs of restricted breeds (such as Akita, Doberman, German Shepherd, Rottweiler, pit bull types and mastiffs) may need behavior documents, and must be muzzle-ready, harnessed and leashed for the whole flight.
• Singapore Airlines may not be able to take assistance dogs in the cabin into New Zealand, or into or out of London Gatwick, Brunei, Bali, Dubai or the Maldives.
• Flying to Singapore itself? Singapore requires licenses from its Animal & Veterinary Service, a mandatory inspection at Changi's quarantine station, and import clearance through an AVS-recognized pet agent.
• On transits of more than six hours in Singapore, pets are held in an air-conditioned area with water by the ground handler, SATS, but aren't fed or walked, so pack enough food and water in the crate.
• Dogs coming into the U.S. need the CDC Dog Import Form.

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