Pet Transport from Greece to Denmark

Intra-EU pet travel is governed by EU Regulation 576/2013. For Greece to Denmark, that means a single EU Pet Passport covers everything: microchip, vaccination, vet identity. Danish DVFA authorities at Copenhagen Airport may inspect the passport on arrival, but this is brief for a compliant EU arrival.

No quarantine. No separate health certificate. No titre test.

What can go wrong is small but important: a lapsed vaccination, a microchip that does not scan, or a passport entry that is unclear or illegible. Check the physical condition of the passport and the readability of the microchip before travel. It takes five minutes with your vet and removes any risk of a hold-up at CPH.

Athens to Copenhagen is a roughly 3.5 hour flight. Aegean Airlines and SAS are the natural choices. Aegean, as the national carrier of Greece, operates ATH services and accepts small pets in cabin. SAS does the same from its Scandinavian base.

Ryanair and Wizz Air both fly this corridor and are cheaper, though cabin pet spaces are more limited and the boarding experience is less structured. If saving money is the priority, they work fine – just confirm cabin pet space at the time of booking.

For larger dogs, cargo is the route. Lufthansa via Frankfurt is reliable for the ATH-CPH connection. The approximately 3.5 hour journey in a pressurised, temperature-controlled hold is manageable for most dogs in a properly fitted crate.