Just a visitor to this forum, the topic caught my eye. Truly a gem, this one.

Simple in Africa: "Angaz Bwana!!!" - I dont know Chief !.

Who gave the pigs the address?
Student PPL who loved reading this thread and read the above post a little differently.....:}

Hi all, can't tell if it's a good idea to fly pigs in lower deck but depending on origin and destination of the consignment u may check with any cargo agent who will offer you a rate for 3 main deck positions with any cargo airline.

Flying pigs on cargo aircraft is no problem, CV recently had a few intercontinental charters full of pigs and the operation was carried out hands down. IATA AVI regulations determin how many pigs can be loaded in a container depending on the shoulder height of the animal. If that rule is followed there will be no problem at all. On modern aircraft such as the 744F the cargo hold carrying the animals can be kept at around 18°C in order to prevent the animals from catching a cold. Just keep in mind that pigs are easily subject to heart attacks and must therefore be handled & transported smoothly and carefully.

cheers

Yeah, keep the sows calm by showing them movies of the studs in the country they going to, and enough leg and shoulder room so that they are not so crowded and squashed up like the SLF.

At their destination they going to will work out the most expensive cost p/kg rate in the world and probably most expensive bacon or ham you've ever eaten.

an extra problem is that a lot of smaller airfields in the EU , are not certified by the European Union for handling pigs at their airfields.

so even if the carrier wants to take it, it still can give a problem.

also pigs produce a huge amount of methane gas, which is flammable when getting too concentrated.

I agree with most of the guys that most probably only cargo a/c might be a correct solution ( even costing more money)

Once again thanks for all replies
 

We had pretty much decided to kick this into touch based on the opinions and advise provided by fellow pruners but our ramp transportation company or drayage providers to our US colleagues gave us chapter and verse on why they could not transport the pigs from our warehouse to shipside

So the pigs are finally off the menu for us at least in our lower deck of our pax 777s

Keep moving the boxes
cheers for now