DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION ACT

The Department for Transport (DfT) will shortly be reviewing the exemptions that currently exist under the Act for transport, particularly passenger shipping and aviation. Recommendations have been made by the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee (DPTAC) that shipping as well as aviation should be brought within the Act, following benchmarking studies into the practical experiences of passengers using both modes of transport.

ABTA’s Position

ABTA is directly involved in discussions with DPTAC and the DfT over the position of shipping (particularly cruise) and aviation as international modes of transport and the dangers of bringing them within a domestic legal framework (see Disabled Air Access).

Last updated: 8 April 2008