IAPA applauds strengthening of rights for disabled travelers in the US
The International Airline Passengers Association (IAPA) welcomes new steps taken by the US Department of Transportation to strengthen and extend protections against discrimination for air passengers with disabilities.
The key component of the new ruling is that US law’s access rights for disabled travelers are to be extended to foreign airlines operating flights entering or departing the United States. This means that US passengers flying abroad on foreign air carriers will now have similar protections against discriminatory policies and be entitled to the same accommodations as passengers flying on US airlines.
The new ruling also includes a number of new changes to the 21 year old law which will apply to all carriers. For example, all air carriers will be required to allow passengers with respiratory illnesses to take onboard approved portable oxygen concentrates and also provide greater accommodations for passengers with hearing and vision impairments by requiring airlines to include easy-to-read captions in its safety and informational videos.
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