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Share tips and experiences on accessible air travel, airport navigation, and in-flight accommodations for travelers with disabilities. From booking assistance and seat selection to security screening, boarding, and accessible facilities on planes, this is the place to ask questions or offer advice – someone here has likely experienced it before. You’ll find first-hand reviews, personal stories, and recommendations for cultural, nature, and leisure trips that start with a flight. This group welcomes all accessibility needs, helping you enjoy a more accessible and stress-free flying experience.
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Some basic but good tips:
reducedmobility.eu
The Most Common Questions About Flying With A Disability The News
If you have a disability and are looking for tips on how to fly with ease, this article is for you. Here we'll answer some of the most common questions about flying with a disability.
While this rule will only apply to the States, hopefully it will effect other countries as they follow suit, or that it is just easier for plane manufacturers to make single-aisle aircraft with accessible toilets for all their customers instead of having some with and some without……
thepointsguy.com
Proposed rule would improve accessibility of airplane bathrooms - The Points Guy
The Biden administration announced a plan to implement rules that would require airlines to make restrooms more accessible to all passengers.
The Sunflower Lanyard makes its way to Albany, New York!
disabilityinsider.com
Albany International Airport introduces Sunflower Lanyard program
Albany International Airport introduced a new Sunflower lanyard program to help people with developmental disabilities on February 1.
Some interesting stats on wheelchairs in flights in the US for the past year:
https://wheelchairtravel.org/total-number-wheelchairs-scooters-airlines-transported-2021/
wheelchairtravel.org
More than half a million airline passengers traveled with their personal wheelchair or scooter in 2021, fare more than in 2020.
Josh Grisdale1 CommentInteresting that with all the Covid-19 travel restrictions that it is only down 22%, would have assumed it would be more.
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