Here's what nobody tells you about Qingdao Airlines: cabin is off the table completely, and the only accepted option is checked baggage. That's a different animal entirely from flying with Mochi on my lap. Checked baggage means crate specs, weight limits, and a separate booking process handled well before departure, not a seat you reserve at checkout.
Qingdao Airlines's pet policy splits into cabin and cargo. This page summarizes the weight limits, fees, brachycephalic-breed restrictions, and carrier specifications for both modes — sourced from the airline's official pet pages.
How Qingdao Airlines handles your pet
Key points
- International flights: Qingdao Airlines' cabin-pet service is not available internationally
- The product runs only on its own domestic direct flights, with no transfers or stopovers
- Where it runs: direct flights from Qingdao Jiaodong to Shenyang, Harbin, Changsha, Changchun and Yanji, on ordinary economy tickets in the 912 ticket series
- Fee per sector: 1,150 CNY to Shenyang, 1,250 CNY to Harbin, Changchun and Yanji, and 1,550 CNY to Changsha
- The carrier says the published route list and prices are confirmed by its customer service, so treat them as indicative
- How many: one pet per passenger and two per flight; guide dogs and hearing dogs do not count towards that limit
- Booking: telephone 0532-96630 or the WeChat mini-programme at least 24 hours before departure
- Online self-service booking is not offered
- Arrive 2 hours before departure to sign the carriage agreement
- Documents: an animal quarantine certificate stamped by the animal health supervision office and still in date, plus a small-animal vaccination certificate — valid one year from injection if no expiry is printed
- The owner's name on the certificate must match the passenger's
- Who may not use it: the accompanying passenger must be 18 or over, and the service is not available to unaccompanied minors, pregnant passengers, passengers travelling with infants, wheelchair users or passengers needing special assistance
- Animals refused: under 8 weeks old, pregnant or having given birth within 48 hours, sedated, flat-faced breeds, dangerous-dog breeds and their crosses, and animals operated on within 48 hours
- Small and toy terriers such as the West Highland White and miniature schnauzer are accepted
Each fact comes straight from the operator’s published policy. Tap the to read the exact wording; the opens the source page.
In the cabin Not accepted
In the hold / cargo Accepted
Snub-nosed breedsNot accepted
Cabin policy
Hold & cargo policy
Health & documents
Service & assistance animals
I learned at the SGN customs window that 'checked baggage' and 'cabin' are not interchangeable words, and Qingdao Airlines only offers one of them. Don't assume your usual in-cabin routine carries over here. Get a personalized plan from Pawgo so the checked-baggage crate rules and fees are laid out before you book, not discovered at check-in.
Glossary
- ISO chip
- ISO 11784/11785 — the universal microchip standard.
- FAVN
- Fluorescent Antibody Virus Neutralization — a rabies serology test required by rabies-free destinations.
- Brachycephalic
- Snub-nosed breeds (French Bulldogs, Pugs, Persians, Himalayans) with restricted airline acceptance due to heat-stress risk.
- AVIH
- Animal Vehicle In Hold — IATA's term for cargo pet shipment, with fees that vary by carrier and route.