• Live animals (pets – dogs, cats and exotic birds only) weighing up to 8 kilograms (including container) will be accepted for carriage in the cabin with an accompanying passenger, on condition that they are carried in a cage – soft or hard – no larger than 40 x 40 by 21 centimeters and can be stored under the passenger's seat. El Al Reservations must be notified in advance.
• All pets authorized for carriage must be provided with a Health/Vaccination Certificate and Entry Permits required by the relevant authorities at transit and/or end destination stations.
• El Al will not be responsible in the event that pets are not permitted passage or entry into any country.
• Animals showing clear signs of illness may not be approved for flight.
• The Captain of the flight is authorized to have the animal removed from the plane or transferred to the cargo hold, if the animal is clearly disturbing or has disturbed passengers.
• Birds and bird eggs (excluding chickens and their eggs) will not be approved for flights to London, unless a permit has been issued by the UK's Ministry of Agriculture.
• Pets will not be accepted for carriage in the passenger cabin accompanied by a passenger on flights to London, Johannesburg, Hong Kong and Australia. On these flights, pets will be sent in the hold of the aircraft as cargo and bills of lading must be issued for them (for clarification, call tel. 03-9176679.) These pets must be housed in nose- and paw-proof crates (in a secured crate) as cargo, with bills of lading. In the case of a guide dog accompanying a passenger to these countries see the section "Conditions and Handling" below.
• Pets may not sit on the passenger's lap during takeoff and landing.
• Pets weighing over 8 kilograms (including container) will be accepted for carriage in the hold of the aircraft only.
• The animals must remain in the cage throughout the course of the flight.

Flying Pets with EL AL Reservation Procedure

• All requests to carry animals accompanied by passengers must be submitted to El Al's Reservations office indicating the pet's weight including its container and the container's dimensions.

• Central Reservations (Carmel) will confirm acceptance to the relevant travel agency.
  
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