Hi all, As promised I am copying the content of the circular issued by DGCA to all airlines. I am going to forward original PDF document to George and request him to publishe it on eyeway web site.
In case you need this circular ; please feel free to reach out to me and I would be happy to Email it to you. Thanks and regards Asif letter1 on carriage of persons.pdf 2 No.: 21-1/2010-AED Date: 13th Jun 2011 To The CEOs of all Scheduled Domestic Airlines Subject: Carriage of incapacitated passengers. Sir, DGCA has issued Civil Aviation Requirement (CAR) Section 3, Series M, Part I on Carriage by Air of Persons with Disability and/or Persons with Reduced Mobility. In accordance with the provisions of the above mentioned CAR, no airline shall refuse to carry persons with disability or persons with reduced mobility. Airlines are also required to formulate a detailed procedure for carriage of disabled persons or persons with reduced mobility and publish the same on their website. It has been observed that information available on the website of scheduled domestic airlines in this regard is very sketchy and incomplete. Further, reports have been received in this office that one of the scheduled domestic airlines has denied boarding to the blind passenger. It may be stated that blind passengers fall in the category of incapacitated passengers who do not require any medical clearance or special forms and only require special assistance at the airport or in embarking/disembarking. In view of the above, all the airlines are directed to formulate a detailed policy for carriage of disabled persons or persons with reduced mobility including blind and publish the same on their respective website. All the airlines are also directed to make the same available at different airports and also sensitize their employees in this regard. Non-compliance of the above instructions will be viewed very seriously. Yours faithfully, 264 (Lalit Gupta) Deputy Director General For Director General of Civil Aviation Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
