Which US airlines damage the most wheelchairs? (2025 data)
John Morris just published his annual ranking of US airlines by wheelchair and scooter mishandling rates, using 2025 DOT data.
Delta is the clear standout at 0.43% (down from 0.63% the year before). The next-best carrier’s rate is almost double that. JetBlue ended up at the bottom at 1.44%, with Frontier right behind at 1.43%. The overall…
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Ranking: Airlines Most Likely to Damage Wheelchairs
Data from the DOT's Air Travel Consumer Report includes insights on airline wheelchair damage from the 2025 calendar year.
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Really hope they come up with rankings in other countries as well. It’s usually easy enough to know about your local domestic airlines, but when in another country it can be much harder to gauge which is good or not.
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@joshgrisdale Agree. Though we have travelled a lot by airplane and the manual wheelchair has never been damaged. But we do not fly budget airlines usually. Maybe that helps ?
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Great hairdresser
I had a subarachnoid haemorrhage in February 2007, which left me in a wheelchair. I haven’t had a suitable bathroom, so I haven’t been able to have my hair highlighted (which I’d had before I became a full-time wheelchair user). I wanted to have my hair highlighted and feel like I did before my stroke, so I bit the bullet, so to speak…
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Travel starts close to home by getting out the door and trying something new. Thank you for sharing!
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I have to say, Patty… you’re looking a million dollars, too!
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Legal action on bed height accessibility
This slipped past my radar, but so glad to see it. Sometimes the bed heights are downright dangerous to transfer from/to. I hope this brings global change!
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Bed heights are a nightmare. In my case, they are usually too high. I’d be nice if bed height at accessible rooms was adjustable or at least to know the height easily in advance without having to call…
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STEP by STEP Guide for Air Travel with Lithium Battery Powered Mobility Aids
Hello everyone, we would like to share what we know about air traveling with motorised mobility aids. Note that this is applicable for devices with lithium batteries. We are a medical device supplier based in Singapore but what we share should be applicable globally. Here is what you need to do:
STEP 1: Book your Flight. Obtain their…
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Very good to have a formal document.
Fushima inari
Hi there
Im heading to Japan with my sister in May and would love to take her to the Fushima Inari Tori gates. I know that not all of the Tori gates are accessible so we would only see a few. Where my confusion is, Accessible Japan advises that
a. There is an elevator that will take you to the start of the gates
b. Get there early before 9am…
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Hello. ☺️
The elevator at Fushimi Inari Shrine is available until 4 PM. You must use the elevator to reach the torii gates. You can pass through the main torii gate, so you can enjoy the experience without having to see all of them.
Best Regards.
Tak
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Thank you
we wanted to go early in the morning at 7am so that there are less people
if the only way is with the elevator we will have to go later
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