No price was too high for these pet owners leaving Hong Kong - not even a private jet

With Hong Kong still largely isolated from the rest of the world because of strict Covid policies, some people leaving the Chinese territory are taking extreme measures to move their pets.

HONG KONG — Getting a plane out of Hong Kong, where strict Covid-19 policies have slashed flights and sent ticket prices soaring, is hard enough for humans. It was even harder for Elvis, an 11-year-old Shar Pei whose owners recently relocated to Singapore.

So Elvis got a plane of his own.  

Erika Freiman, an Australian who works in human resources, said she and her husband, Ilan, had laughed when they first read about pets taking private jets as their owners moved away from Hong Kong, a Chinese territory and international financial center.

But when she was quoted $28,000 to fly Elvis to Singapore via cargo on a commercial airline, private travel started to seem more reasonable. 

“I told Ilan that I have to look that up,” she said, “because I don’t know what else to do and we can’t leave the dog.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/hong-kong-pets-private-jet-rcna42798

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