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EU court says pets are ‘luggage’
Here’s one ruling that’s not going down well with pet owners. The European Union’s top court has decided that animals travelling in the hold count as ‘baggage’, not passengers, in a case that’s left a lot of people fuming. The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) handed down the decision this week while ruling on two separate aviation disputes. Both ended in the airlines’ favour — but… Source
EU COURT OF JUSTICE ACCEPTS PETS AS BAGGAGE FOR AIR CARRIERS
Fri 17 October 2025: The EU Court of Justice said Thursday that pets are not exempt from “the concept of baggage” as liability for air carriers. The court ruled that, for air travel, a pet falls within the concept of “baggage” and compensation for the damage resulting from the loss of a pet is subject to liability rules for baggage. […]
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that pets can be considered baggage in air transport, subjecting themselves to the same liability regime in case of loss or damage. The decision arose from a lawsuit for the loss of a dog at Buenos Aires airport. The case involved [...] The post European Union considers pets on flights as baggage appeared first on Oronoticias.
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