Flying with a Cane Corso

In practice, no, not as an adult: at about 45 kg, it exceeds the cabin weight limits published by the airlines in our database. United and Alaska publish none, but require a carrier that fits under the seat.

airBaltic, Avianca and Finnair, whose policy, read in full, does not refuse the breed and whose published limit admits a dog of 45 kg with its crate: this is a possibility, which the airline must confirm. For airBaltic, Avianca and Finnair, this possibility depends on the route or the flight, as the airline table shows. The other airlines, apart from those that refuse it, have not allowed us to settle the question: Air Astana, Air Austral, Air France, EL AL Israel Airlines and SAS Scandinavian, whose hold admits its weight, but whose policy does not allow a conclusion.

Air Europa, Alaska Airlines, Corsair, French Bee, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, LATAM, Luxair, Qatar Airways, Royal Air Maroc, Transavia and Air Caraïbes refuse it in the hold, by citing it or by listing it under a group of breeds. For Air Caraïbes, this refusal applies only on some routes, which the airline specifies.

Cargo is refused by Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, French Bee and Air Caraïbes, and still to be confirmed with Air Europa, Luxair, Qatar Airways, Royal Air Maroc, Transavia, Turkish Airlines and Air Canada, with transport conditions at Qatar Airways, Turkish Airlines and Air Canada. Elsewhere, no page read in full shows that the breed is accepted as cargo: the Finder therefore leaves it to be confirmed too. For Air Caraïbes, this refusal applies only on some routes, which the airline specifies.

Our database records no British or Irish rule that targets the Cane Corso. That does not mean these countries admit it without conditions: before booking, check the official entry requirements on the authorities' own websites.

In France, the regulation sorts dangerous dogs into two categories and does not mention the Cane Corso. The first category covers crossbreeds without pedigree whose build resembles the American Staffordshire Terrier, the Mastiff (boerbull) or the Tosa; the second covers pedigree American Staffordshire Terriers, Rottweilers and Tosas, and crossbreeds without pedigree that resemble the Rottweiler. A Cane Corso entered in the French studbook is mentioned in neither, but an uncategorised dog can also be dangerous, and only a vet can determine a dog's breed type. Our database records no German rule that targets the Cane Corso.

Its standard does not describe it that way: it calls for a square muzzle, clearly shorter than the skull, about half its length. Several airlines nevertheless list it among the short-muzzled breeds, and it is their classification that applies to the flight.

The standard gives males 45 to 50 kg, and females 40 to 45 kg. The Finder uses 45 kg, the bottom of the male range. Enter your dog's actual weight: that is the figure the tool should use, with the crate on top.