Airports from across the world are joining the discussion focusing on the foreseeable impact of ageing population on air travel.
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Third busiest airport in the UK, Manchester airport presents a mix of good support services and viable accessibility.
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The times are ripening for an overhaul of access to aviation; rethinking facilities and services for passengers with reduced mobility is crucial to meet future demand.
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Ryanair management deny discriminating against passengers with disabilities while the airline's passengers allege this is the case.
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Featuring good assistance services and improving facilities, Warsaw Chopin airport is on course to position itself as disabled friendly airport.
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In breach of Indian and European regulations, India's state owned flag carrier Air India puts passengers with disabilities through needless misery.
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Low cost carrier Ryanair imposes a controversial limit of four passengers with disabilities per flight; however things may change as a new EU law comes into effect in 2014.
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Speakers at the Passenger Terminal Expo 2013 Conference highlighted the dependence of future growth of the airport industry on meeting passenger expectations.
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The 2013 edition of Passenger Terminal Expo opened its doors on Tuesday at Palexpo in Geneva, Switzerland.
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A recent visit to assess accessibility of Bulgaria’s main airport in Sofia provided clear indications as to the state of national disability awareness.
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The Air Travel Consumer Report shows that Southwest and Delta Air Lines had the least number of disability related complaints in 2012.
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Providing support to people with Alzheimer’s, the most common form of dementia, is a fast growing problem in the aviation industry.
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Managing accessibility and access services in the world's seventh busiest airport in passengers served can be a challenge as we learned during the visit of Paris Charles de Gaulle.
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Accessible travel is a fast growing sector in the aviation industry; Air New Zealand opened its doors for an exclusive in-flight accessibility assessment.
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Accessibility per se is not the issue at Tallinn airport; however, a recent assessment unveils room for improvement in different areas.
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Ireland's main airport, Dublin International provides disabled passengers with a variety of unique accessibility solutions and excellent access services.
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Poor Access, incompetent assistance lacking sense of mission and understanding of purpose says an Irish disabled man about London Heathrow airport.
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In a world where growing numbers of disabled businessmen take the skies, Reduced Mobility Rights has taken a closer look at the Airbus 380 accessibility.
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An incident at Paris Charles de Gaulle involving a British disabled woman saw both the airport and Air France issue an apology.
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Milan’s largest airport, Malpensa showcases quality access services for disabled passengers, partially hurdled by bizarre accessibility choices.
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Aiming at becoming a global player in the airline industry, Turkey flag carrier Turkish Airlines pledges to improve disabled passengers access to services.
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Milan's second airport in number of passengers served, Linate access services helped 44,413 disabled passengers in 2012.
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Twenty second busiest airport in the world, Istanbul Airport access facilities and services are overall good, but feature one facility being the cause for safety concern.
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Despite pre booking access services months in advance, Stansted airport denied access to a disabled woman who missed her flight and was left stranded for two days.
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Traveling by air with a disability is becoming increasingly popular, hence the need for airports and airlines to provide high quality accessible travel services.
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