Pawsengers

The four-legged passengers on board Pet Airways.

On July 14, Alysa Binder and Dan Wiesel launched Pet Airways – which claims to be the world’s first pet-only airline. According to The Associated Press:

One trip for their Jack Russell terrier in a plane’s cargo hold was enough to convince [the couple] that owners needed a better option to get their pets from one city to another.

Rather than travelling in a cargo hold, the four-legged passengers on board Pet Airways – which currently caters for cats and dogs only – ride in the main cabin of the aircraft, because, as the airline’s Web site proudlyannounces: “your pets aren’t packages, they’re “pawsengers.”