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Government set to ignore key air travel discrimination concerns

By John Pring on 12th April 2018 Category: Transport

Government set to ignore key air travel discrimination concerns
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The government appears to be ignoring pleas to clamp down on significant areas of discrimination against disabled air passengers. The concerns arose after the Department for Transport (DfT) issued a progress report on its new aviation strategy. It included suggestions that […]

Equality watchdog calls for court action over BA’s PA ticket ‘discrimination’

By John Pring on 22nd March 2018 Category: Transport

Equality watchdog calls for court action over BA’s PA ticket ‘discrimination’
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The equality watchdog has called for the courts to decide if airlines are discriminating against disabled people by refusing to allow them to make simple alterations to tickets bought for their personal assistants (PAs). The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) […]

British Airways PA ticket policy ‘discriminates’ against disabled woman

By John Pring on 15th March 2018 Category: Transport

British Airways PA ticket policy ‘discriminates’ against disabled woman
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A disabled woman is having to pay hundreds of pounds extra to fly to Canada to visit a friend because British Airways (BA) has refused to make a simple alteration to a ticket she bought for one of her two personal […]

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