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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Damien Gayle Environment correspondent

Private jet service for rich dog owners condemned by climate campaigners

Woman with champagne on private jet being nuzzled by dog.
K9 Jets offers services between locations including New Jersey, Los Angeles, Frankfurt and Paris. Photograph: K9 Jets

Environmentalists have condemned a “ludicrous” private jet service that transports wealthy people’s dogs, which this week ran its first flight from Dubai to London.

For £8,166, one way, customers were able to sit with their dogs on their laps and sip champagne as they travelled from Al Maktoum international airport to Farnborough in a Gulfstream IV-SP jet.

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