It's understandable to assume your new dog crate is "IATA certified and approved"  if that's what you were told when you bought it. Airlines and IATA do not "certify" "approve" or "endorse" dog crates.  Using this termi...

Can you picture yourself ready to check in at the airport with your dog and new crate and having everything go wrong. You thought you were prepared. You thought your big beautiful kennel was IATA approved because it was advertised as IATA approved.  Then comes the shoc...