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January 19, 2006
Disabled air passengers new regulations -Aqeel Qureshi
Dear All:
I am attaching some useful IATA documents
related to people with disabilities for air travel.
Persons with disabilities will be able to travel
around the European Union more easily under
new regulations adopted by the European Parliament
(I am pasting this news in this email below)
Please also visit on this link where you can find
some airlines policies related to persons with disabilities.
http://www.apparelyzed.com/support/holidays/worldwide/wheelchair-travel-airlines.html
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New EU help for disabled flyers
Disabled air passengers will be able to travel around
the European Union more easily under new regulations
adopted by the European Parliament.
The rules mean airports are solely responsible
for assisting disabled people. Before, the responsibility
was split between airlines and airports.
The assistance must be free and "seamless",
from arriving at one airport to leaving another.
It will be illegal to refuse booking or boarding to a disabled person......
please refer to the below "BBC News" website for more detail
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4528964.stm
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regards,
Aqeel Qureshi
Comments of IATA/Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Diability in Air Travel [ PDF , 239KB]
AERONEWS/EU Reguration on Compensation and Assistance to Passengers [ PDF , 290KB]
IATA Codes Descriptors Applying To Disabled People Requiring Assistance [ PDF , 13.1KB]
Posted by jicafriends at January 19, 2006 10:00 AM
Comments
Information is really useful for people with disabilities.
thanks
Poonam
Posted by: Poonam at February 6, 2006 01:57 PM
I am happy to know this information is useful for you.
Aqeel
Posted by: Aqeel at February 7, 2006 03:09 AM
I believe we should get all this data and use it. In Chile one sportman with disabilities was ill treated by ibero airlines in 2005.
thanks for your data
Carlos
Posted by: carlos kaiser at February 9, 2006 09:29 PM
Dear aqeel sir,i am fighting a legal battle with Railway board since 2008.Currently in Supreme court(SLP civil cc 5603/2010).Though qualified for Railway engineering service(UPSC),due to minor dusability,i am being harassed by Rly Board.There fore i would request you to kindly send the OM/Order issued by Mamata banerjee recently regarding the elgibility of disabled candidates in Rly technical services to produce it in SC. thanks...
jayanta
Posted by: JAYANTA at July 8, 2010 08:10 PM