National cargo pets
Live animals can be flown to all Air New Zealand destinations. We are the only commercial airline able to move pets.
Travelling with pets
If your pet or live animal is travelling solo, we can fly them as cargo. If your pet or live animal is accompanying you on your national travels, check out travelling with pets. If your pet or live animal is travelling internationally, you'll need to know about our international pet services.
Trusted partners
Every year we are trusted to transport thousands of pets and live animals around New Zealand. We even support the transportation of guide dogs, endangered Kiwis and Tuataras for key national organisations.
Pet transporters
Air New Zealand does not accept animal bookings directly from the public because of the complexity involved in completing the pre-flight documentation, civil aviation, animal welfare compliance and veterinary checks pertaining to domestic pet travel.
Pet transporters must go through a formal registration and approval process before we entrust them to care for your pet's travel arrangements to our standards. We recognize that we are dealing after all with family members - no matter which exterior they are bundled into!
Below are the Air New Zealand approved Pet transporters:
- 4 Paws Pet Travel
- A 2 B
- Aero Pets
- AirCare Pet Services
- Auckland Airport Pet Services
- Canterbury Quarantine Services
- Cat's Cradle
- Dogtainers
- Donquest Kennels and Cattery
- Elite Pet Services
- Free Range Pooches
- Flying Paws
- Glenstar Kennels
- Global Pets
- Happycat Ragdolls
- Jet Pets
- Kiwi Pride Labradoodles
- Hamilton Pet Transport
- Move My Pets
- Pet Travel
- Pine Valley Kennels
- Popular Pets
- Qualified Pet Services
- The Parrot Place
- The South African Restaurant Group Limited
- Venture Pet
- Wilderness Woodend
Cost to send pet
Check out how much it will cost to send your pet or live animal and cages.
Book pet travel
All flights can sometimes have restricted space due to aircraft size/passenger numbers/perishable cargo/incompatible cargo or other factors. To ensure carriage of your animal it is necessary that you pre-book your pet travel by contacting a Pet Transporter. Animal shipments must be prepaid at the time of your booking and booking and administration fees may apply. It is a requirement to provide a government issued photo ID at the time of presenting an animal for shipment on an Air New Zealand flight.
Collecting your pet
You can collect pet from our cargo location at the destination point of your pet's journey. Find your cargo collection point.
Pet Shipments Q & A
Why is the airline not accepting bookings from the Public?
What do I need to do to become an "Approved Pet Transporter"?
