Service Animals On Planes Delta. For tickets purchased on or after november 17, 2020, customers traveling with a trained service animal or emotional support animal may not also bring a pet in the cabin. Delta air lines says it carried about 250,000 animals including service dogs in 2017 and about 600,000 last year.

In a statement, a delta spokeswoman said the airline is reviewing the new rule but, “at this time, there are no changes to delta’s current service and support animal policies.” That is a setback for delta air lines. The number of animals on planes took off several years ago, and a cottage industry grew around providing papers, doctor's notes and even dog vests for support animals.

An earlier decision to prohibit airlines from banning entire dog breeds as service animals.

Under the final rule, which takes effect in 30 days, a service animal is a dog trained to help a person with a physical or psychiatric disability. Under the final rule, which takes effect in 30 days, a service animal is a dog trained to help a person with a physical or psychiatric disability. This comes as a result of a lack of regulation that has led to serious safety risks involving untrained animals in flight. The era of emotional support pigs and peacocks on airplanes is about to end after the transportation department ruled wednesday that dogs are the only animals defined as service animals.