Access For All? The UK Department for Transport Has Published Its Findings On How the Country's Aviation Industry Has Been Serving Air Passengers With Reduced Mobility

This article examines the lack of compliance by airlines for ease of access for persons with disabilities. In the United Kingdom, the Government's Department for Transport (DfT) created a voluntary compliance list that included how organizations could aid passengers in four major areas: airport arrivals, access within the terminal, facilities to access the planes themselves, and access to exits upon landing. An auditing report that was conducted to determine compliance ran a number of scenarios with varying types of disabilities. Some of these scenarios included unsighted peoples, non-hearing peoples, a wheelchair user, and someone too frail to walk great distances. The study found that several of the airports that had this recommendation given to them had complied, while others had yet to do so.

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• Authors:
  • Allett, Tom
• Publication Date: 2006-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: pp 36-37
• Serial:
  • Airports International
  • Volume: 39
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: Key Publishing, Limited
  • ISSN: 0002-2853

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Airports; Barrier free design; Persons with disabilities; Regulations
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Law; Society; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01037561
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 29 2006 9:59AM