Cats at Malaga Airport

Hi Jo, please can you help? i will be traveling from Dubai to malaga with my 3 cats around 22nd september and have been told that pets are only allowed to arrive into malaga airport on certain days?I have looked on several web sites but cant find any information on this subject.Any info you could give me will be much appriciated

Thankyou Julie

Hi Julie,
Jo has forwarded your email to me as I have first hand experience of bringing cats into Malaga Airport. There is no ruling that they can only be flown in on certain days, and in fact what happened to mine (despite being told otherwise) was that they were unloaded as normal luggage and put on the carousel! They were none the worse for the experience, but make sure you check with your flight cabin crew and ground handling crew when you get off the plane at Malaga where you should collect them from.
The only reason I can think of your being told they could only be flown in on certain days is maybe that the airline you are using only operates the planes that can transport animals then. The aircraft has to have a special section between the hold and the passenger cabin where they can be stowed.
Linda