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Service Animal Policy

• Only trained dogs qualify as Service Animals and travel free of charge.
• Advance reservations recommended; only one live animal per flight confirmed.
• Additional Service Animals listed for standby travel.
• Service Animal must be trained to perform tasks for a physical, sensory, or mental disability or for law enforcement.
• Must be secured by harness or leash at all times.
• Expected to fit within passenger’s foot space, keeping aisles and emergency exits clear.
• Passengers with large service dogs may use nearby unoccupied seat foot space or purchase an additional seat.
• Disruptive dogs may be denied travel per US Department of Transportation policies.
• Carriage of a Service Animal plus a confirmed pet depends on space, weight, and safety, determined at airport on day of travel.

Service Animals are accepted subject to Cape Air's Contract of Carriage.

Emotional Support Animal (ESA) Policy

Untrained emotional support or comfort animals may no longer travel as Service Animals, effective January 11, 2021, in accordance with US Department of Transportation policies.

Animals that do not meet the new definition of a Service Animal may travel as pets if they meet pet requirements.

In-Cabin Pet Carrier Rules

• Only one pet or service animal per aircraft may be confirmed.
• Multiple live animals from the same household allowed if space permits; different households not allowed.
• Accepted pets: domesticated cats, dogs, rabbits, and household birds.
• Pets must be in a kennel except for local travel between Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard or between these and Hyannis or New Bedford.
• Pets must fit in approved kennel sizes depending on aircraft and route:

Pets are not accepted on Britten Norman Islander aircraft or flights to/from Culebra, Puerto Rico (CPX), Virgin Gorda, BVI (VIJ), or Nevis, WI (NEV).

Checked and Cargo Pet Rules

• A kennel is required for all routes except local travel between Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard or between these and Hyannis or New Bedford.
• Pets cannot be checked through to another Cape Air or other airline flight; separate arrangements required for connecting flights.
• Pets are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis; only one pet or service animal per aircraft may be confirmed.
• Pets are not accepted on Britten Norman Islander aircraft or certain Caribbean routes.
• Live adult poultry (e.g., chickens) are not transported.
• Fee: $30 per pet, each way.
• Cape Air reserves the right to refuse carriage of pets at any time.