Airline travel has, in recent years, become a sometimes nightmarish experience. Gate staffers are bored and inattentive; passengers bring enormous backpacks on board and try to stuff them into an entire overhead bin. That’s not to mention the delays, the canceled flights, and oh, the occasional door popping off mid-flight. And if you’re traveling with your canine sidekick, unless it’s one of those little critters that fit under the seat in front of you, the pooch goes in a travel kennel in the cargo hold.
That is, unless you’re traveling between Los Angeles, New York, and/or London, and are willing to shell out $6,000 for a one-way ticket on a new airline, BARK Air.
BARK Air kicks off with flights from New York on May 23. The “first-of-its-kind travel experience tailored to dogs” is brought to travelers by BARK, Inc. – the company started in 2011, known for BarkBoxes, treats and…