Pet Airways was an American company headquartered in Delray Beach, Florida, that specialized exclusively in air transportation of pets.[2][3] The airline claimed to be the first designed specifically for pets where pets flew in the main cabin, not in cargo. After Pet Airways ceased operations in 2011, its parent, PAWS Pet Company Inc., transferred to the pharmaceutical space, and changed its name to Praxsyn Corporation.
As of April 2021, the Pet Airways website indicates that the airline plans to resume flights again after the COVID-19 pandemic, "hopefully mid-2022".
Our Story
We always knew Zoe, our Jack Russell Terrier, was smart, but it wasn’t until a couple years ago that we realized she’s also a brilliant entrepreneur. After all, it was Zoe who gave us the idea for Pet Airways. With Zoe as part of our family, planning vacations was always a little more complicated. Visiting out-of-state friends or relatives required sophisticated logistics. Weekend getaways always had to be close to home. It wasn’t Zoe’s fault of course. It was the airlines’. There was simply no safe way for Zoe to comfortably fly with us. She’s not a big dog. Just a little one. But a little too big to fit under the seat. Of course, there’s one thing Zoe is certainly not, and that’s cargo. As we’re fond of telling our neighbor Janet, her boxer Samson isn’t Samsonite, and she agreed. In fact, we met lots of neighbors, friends and even complete strangers who felt exactly the same way. So we got to thinking. Maybe Zoe was trying to tell us something. Maybe there was a travel solution that would suit her perfectly, and everyone else out there too. Instead of trying to convince the human airlines to treat pets better, why not start up an airline just for pets(link is external)? And Pet Airways was born. Whenever we tell people about Pet Airways, the response is so overwhelmingly positive, we’re still amazed we were the first to make it happen. You see, on Pet Airways, your pets aren’t packages, they’re Pawsengers.™ And every step of the journey, we’ll take care of them as if they were our own. While Zoe passed on in June 2010, she will forever be the wind beneath our wings. Now from heaven, she’ll have the best view of all our flying Pawsengers.™ Bone voyage! Dan and Alysa
Destinations
The company launched its first weekly flight on July 14, 2009, serving nine US cities—New York City, Baltimore/Washington, D.C., Chicago, Omaha, Fort Lauderdale, Atlanta, Phoenix, Denver, and Los Angeles. In April 2011, it announced addition of three Texas destinations (Dallas, Houston and Austin), St. Louis, and Orlando,[1] but did not commence service. Pet Airways announced plans to expand to 25 cities by late 2011.[12]
As of April 2011, Pet Airways flew to 11 destinations
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