Air New Zealand Policies
Pets
Air New Zealand has a different set of requirements for flights within New Zealand and international flights. For flights within New Zealand domestic pets and small caged birds can travel as checked in baggage on all domestic services, on international flights, pets are not permitted as checked in baggage and must travel as Cargo.
Pets that weigh more than 32kg are prohibited on services with a flight number in the range of 2000-2999 as the size of the aircraft prohibits stowage of larger animals.
Each animal will be counted as a 'piece' of baggage and any excess charges will be applied as they would for additional items of baggage. In addition to any applicable excess charges, each animal and cage that has a total combined weight of up to 25kg will have a handling fee of NZ$50, and each animal and cage that has a total combined weight of 26kg and above will have a handling fee of NZ$75. All fees will be charged at the airport on the day of travel.
The container must be clean, leakproof, well ventilated and have more than one method of securing the door.