Passenger and anti-discrimination groups call for revision of rules on air travel

Three organisations representing passengers, persons with disabilities and persons aged 50+ reiterated a previous call from the European Disability Forum to strengthen the rights of persons with disabilities and with reduced mobility when travelling by air.

The organisations – the European Disability Forum, the European Passengers Federation and AGE Platform Europe – reiterated the previous call to the European Commissioner for Transport, Adina Vălean, to reopen the revision of  Regulation 1107/2006 on the rights of disabled persons and persons with reduced mobility when travelling by air and:

• Eradicate all cases of denial of boarding.
• Introduce a right to swift and fair compensation if an air carrier still denies boarding.
• Provide an extra ticket free of charge for the passenger who is obliged to travel accompanied.
• Provide quality assistance in the airport and on the plane.

Groups also ask the European Commission to establish the companies’ full liability for damaged and lost mobility equipment – equipment that often costs tens of thousands of euros and that, under the current regulation, is only classified as luggage.

ENDS