Alaska Airlines Emotional Support Animals. In 2020, the issue of emotional support animals (esa) on planes may come to a head. Passengers wishing to travel with a support animal need to provide alaska airlines three forms that will be available on their website from april 30th.
Airlines believed that some of these jacketed ‘support animals’ were merely pets, whose owners were evading paying fess. While they don’t require (but do recommend) service animals to be registered in advance, emotional support animals must be registered with the airline in advance to be allowed on an american airlines flight. American airlines has one of the toughest policies for bringing an emotional support animal onboard one of their flights.
Alaska airlines service animal policy is that all animals, including emotional support animals, travel free of charge.
There are many cases of dogs and cats that provide therapeutic assistance to their owners such as the army veterans who suffer from ptsd or people who develop severe anxiety during takeoff or landing. The agency estimated airlines will gain up to. Starting may 1, alaska airlines will impose new requirements for passengers traveling with emotional support animals. Alaska airlines service animal policy is that all animals, including emotional support animals, travel free of charge.